CZECH FIREFIGHTERS UNION
We have been helping FRS CR officers and employees more than 27 years
What we have achieved, and have been doing for our union members:
- classifying the front line emergency responding into 1st Risk group
- in 2015 we achieved return of salaries to the level before the ruthless reducing of salaries in 2011
- rehabilitation stays in health resorts, severance payment, “life annuity after leaving fire service“, death benefit and other compensations
- we have achieved gradual restoration of forming the Cultural and Social Needs Fund (FKSP) up to two percent
- we provide our members with the best liability and accident insurance
- union members have the opportunity to participate in the Mutual Support Fund
- union members have already received financial assistance of more than 120 million CZK from both insurance products
- we have expanded social assistance from the Mutual Support Fund and have disbursed
- 14 million CZK up to now
- we provide free advice to union members through Infoline 840 888 230
- express free legal advice “24 hours" non-stop
- free legal advice within the ČMKOS (Czech-Moravian Confederation of Trade Unions)
- free lawyer in court for each member within the legal matter in direct connection with labour-law or service related
- we co-founded the Policemen and Firefighters Foundation in 2003
- we negotiate with the government about salaries in the non-business sphere within the scope of CMKOS
- we independently hold talks with the legislators of both chambers of Parliament
- we strive for inclusion of cancer in firefighters into the list of occupational diseases
- we take part in all activities against taxing firefighters´ severance payment
- we actively participate in the approval process of legislation on fire protection and terms of service
- we negotiate collective agreements and FKSP in regions
- we financially support sports events organized by our basic organisations
- money saving contracts with T-Mobile are provided for our members