Comparative reports on collective bargaining - CEECAW

CEECAW project

2025.

Comparative reports were prepared within the framework of a two-year project titled “Challenges for Organising and Collective Bargaining in Care, Administration and Waste collection sectors in Central Eastern European Countries – CEECAW” funded by the European Union and implemented by the Center for Democracy Foundation in partnership with six partner organizations from Central and Eastern European countries. The project is led by the Institute for Public Affairs from Warsaw, IPA (Poland). Partner organizations: Center for Democracy Foundation, CDF (Serbia), Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences, LSMC (Lithuania), Central European Labour Studies Institute, CELSI (Czechia, Hungary, Slovakia), Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, IPS BAS (Bulgaria), European Federation of Public Service Unions, EPSU (EU-level), Federation of Health and Welfare Workers’ Unions, FZZPOZIPS (Poland) Associate Partner.

The aim of the CEECAW project is to develop collective bargaining (CB) in three sectors (care, waste management, central public administration sectors) in the EU Central Eastern European countries (CEEC) and Serbia (an EU candidate country). The project aims at supporting trade unions (at sectoral and national levels) in the implementation of the goals indicated in Article 4 of the Adequate Minimum Wage Directive in EU. The project includes a research part – an analysis of the state of social dialogue and collective bargaining in the indicated sectors, and an analysis of the expectations and needs of national trade unions in relation to the implementation of Article 4 (collective bargaining development) in CEEC.

Comparative reports: