A STATUTORY MODEL OF TRADE UNIONS
AT THE EMPLOYER LEVEL IN POLAND
A STATUTORY MODEL OF TRADE UNIONS
AT THE EMPLOYER LEVEL IN POLAND
Author(s): ŁAGA MaciejSubject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, EU-Legislation
Published by: C.H. Beck Publishing House - Romania
Keywords: trade unions; freedom of association; employer level trade union; works union organization; Polish trade unionism;
Summary/Abstract: The paper describes a statutory model of trade unions at the employer level inPoland. Freedom of associacion guaranteed in ILO Convention No. 87 includesfreedom to establish union structures. However, the Polish legislator enforces Polishtrade unions to establish so-called ’works union organizations’ at the employer level.Trade unions which does not establish a ’works union organization’, exercisepractically no rights of workers’ represenation at the employer level. In effect Polishlaw is a significant obstacle to development of trade unions in contemporary Poland
Journal: Istorie, Cultura, Cetatenie in Uniunea Europeana
- Issue Year: 11/2018
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 183-197
- Page Count: 15
- Language: English