Football players want trade unions
Zdroj: SITAIn the course of several months an official trade union organisation of professional football players should be established. „We want to protect common interests of football players towards the clubs and the Slovak FA as well as provide support to our members, especially when solving labour legal and other disputes relating to sports activity,“ said the captain of Artmedia Petrzalka Stefan Maixner at a press conference yesterday. He and his 9 colleagues from other Corgon League clubs set up a board of captains of premier league clubs. The board will represent players until trade unions are officially set up.
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The former Slovak national team player Milos Glonek who has a legal background and experience from abroad should be a representative of trade unions. „The international players´ organisation FIFPRO represents approximately 40 national associations. We would like to set up a similar national association that has been already established in the Czech Republic, Poland and Hungary. The players´ trade union organisation in Slovakia will be regulated by the Labour Code. Football players should be employees of the club. Some further issues should be addressed by the prepared Law on Sports,“ confirmed a licensed players´ agent Jozef Toko who collaborates with the Board of captains when setting up the trade unions.
