Strike action at the forefront of the social partnership agenda

Andrea Olsovska; Marek Svec

doi:10.5771/1435-2869-2014-2-279

Contents
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- 149–151 Editorial 149–151
  - Editorial Bela Galgoczi, Calvin Allen Bela Galgoczi, Calvin Allen
- 153–290 Aufsatz 153–290
  - 153–165 The EU: Breaking the chains of weariness Christophe Solioz Christophe Solioz 153–165
  - 167–174 An end to the lies and self-deception: Scenarios for the future of Bosnia and Herzegovina Jürgen Buxbaum Jürgen Buxbaum 167–174
  - 175–192 The 2014 elections in Bulgaria: Political instability without end Dobrin Kanev Dobrin Kanev 175–192
  - 193–205 Turkey as an energy hub for the Southern Gas Corridor Thomas Batten Thomas Batten 193–205
  - 207–235 Taxation and budgetary policies in the western Balkans Martin Hutsebaut Martin Hutsebaut 207–235
  - 237–266 Are remittances spent in a healthy way? Evidence from Albania Ermira Hoxha Kalaj Ermira Hoxha Kalaj 237–266
  - 267–278 The transformation of remittances from consumption to investment: a challenging strategy to accommodate the future Eduart Lika Eduart Lika 267–278
  - 279–290 Strike action at the forefront of the social partnership agenda Andrea Olsovska, Marek Svec Andrea Olsovska, Marek Svec 279–290
- 291–292 About the authors 291–292
  - About the authors
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SEER Journal for Labour and Social Affairs in Eastern Europe , page 279 - 290

Strike action at the forefront of the social partnership agenda

Autoren

Andrea Olsovska Marek Svec

DOI
- doi.org/10.5771/1435-2869-2014-2-279
- ISSN: 1435-2869
- ISSN online: 2942-3384
Abstract

In the post-crisis world, employee organisations are not only finding it difficult to gain sufficient traction to engender the improvements in working conditions which might be associated with the upturn in a country’s economic fortunes; they are actually finding that the collective bargaining environment has become significantly more difficult. Nevertheless, the level of discontent with working conditions has become such that employees in the Slovak Republic are starting to look to forms of industrial action as a solution despite a recent history of a lack of such engagement. The authors review the legislation of the Slovak Republic governing industrial and constitutional strikes, a decades-long legal debate which has produced a lack of certainty about the legitimacy of strike action, and point out that this has led to recently rising controversy and tension between the social partners. The article refers to the practical details of organising strikes as set out in the law, with the authors concluding that the design of effective supportive legislation concerning the right to strike is no simple matter.
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