The Autonomous Trade Union of Workers in the Public Utilities and Housing Services of Croatia organises workers employed in companies that provide public utility services. It has more than ten thousand members from more than 150 public utility companies.

Public utility services include: drinking water supply; drainage and waste water treatment; gas supply; heating supply; public transport; cleaning; municipal waste disposal; maintenance of public areas; maintenance of unclassified roads; retail markets; maintenance of cemeteries and crematoriums; funeral services; chimney sweeping services; and public lighting.

SSKH was established on 15 March 1990. In March 1993, it concluded the first collective agreement at company level in independent Croatia (in the company Komunalac d.o.o. Opatija). From then until now, SSKH has concluded around ninety collective agreements guaranteeing the rights of workers in companies throughout Croatia.

SSKH is a member of Public Services International (PSI).

It is one of the founders of the Union of Autonomous Trade Unions of Croatia.

President: Baldo Kovačević, +385 98 9837 452
General Secretary: Slobodan Kapor, +385 98 9836 676, slobodan.kapor@sskh.hr
 

The Commercial Trade Union of Croatia organises workers in commerce but also in a number of related sectors such as business and intellectual services, lotteries, betting shops, trade fairs, etc. It has more than ten thousand members, 75 per cent of whom are women. Almost 60 per cent of members are covered by one of the nine collective agreements concluded by the STH.

STH was established in March 1990. Today it has a presence in more than 130 companies and has almost 160 shop stewards.

STH has regional offices in Zagreb, Osijek, Rijeka and Split.

It is a member of the international trade union network UNI Global Union.

It is one of the founders of the Union of Autonomous Trade Unions of Croatia.

President: Zlatica Štulić, 099 21 33 049, zlatica.stulic@sth.hr

The Metal Workers’ Trade Union of Croatia – Industrial Trade Union gathers workers employed in the engineering industry including shipbuilding, the manufacture of vehicles, machines and equipment and the production of electrical equipment, computers and electronic equipment. It also has members in other branches of engineering. The SMH-IS has more than 11 thousand members and is a party to more than one hundred valid collective agreements.

Members of SMH-IS work in more than 150 different companies. At each employer, members are organised in a company-level union with a shop steward committee and stewards that they elect themselves.
SMH-IS has regional offices in Zagreb, Čakovec, Karlovac, Rijeka, Slavonski Brod, Split and Pula.

It is a member of the international trade union organisation IndustriAll and its European branch IndustriAll Europe.

It is one of the founders of the Union of Autonomous Trade Unions of Croatia.

President: Siniša Kosić, +385 99 26 42 026, predsjednik.smh-is@smh.hr
 

The Autonomous Trade Union of Workers in the Power Industry, Chemistry and Non-metal Industry of Croatia organises workers in the fields of electricity, oil, gas, chemicals and pharmaceuticals, the ceramic industry, the glass industry, etc. It has about five thousand members.
EKN was established in 1990 and today has 48 company-level unions throughout Croatia. In ten of the largest such unions, EKN shop stewards are full-time trade unionists.
EKN is a signatory to about fifty collective agreements that protect 85 per cent of workers in the activities covered by this union.
It is one of the founders of the Union of Autonomous Trade Unions of Croatia.

President: Željko Klaus, +385 91 923 2065, zeljko.klaus@ekn.hr
General Secretary: Danijel Špičak, +385 98 409 359, danijel.spicak@ekn.hr
 

The Trade Union of the Construction Industry of Croatia organises workers, including the temporarily unemployed and those undergoing occupational training, in the following sectors: construction; the construction materials industry; the production of metal structures; the mining of ores and stone; and architectural activities. It has about four thousand members.

SGH is a signatory to the collective bargaining agreement for the construction industry, the application of which has been extended to all employers and workers in the construction industry in Croatia by the decision of the minister of labour. SGH has concluded about forty collective agreements at the level of companies.

It is territorially divided into five regions: northwest Croatia; City of Zagreb – central Croatia; Slavonia; Primorje-Istria; and Dalmatia.

It is a member of the Building and Wood Workers’ International (BWI) and the European Federation of Building and Woodworkers (EFBWW).

It is one of the founders of the Union of Autonomous Trade Unions of Croatia.

President: Jasenka Vukšić, 098 309 029, jasenka.vuksic@sgh.hr
General secretary: Domagoj Ferdebar, 099 25 36 590, domagoj.ferdebar@sgh.hr

Sindikat turizma i usluga Hrvatske organizira radnike u ugostiteljstvu i turizmu, putničkim agencijama i ostalim uslužnim djelatnostima. 

Potpisnica je Državnog kolektivnog ugovora za ugostiteljsku djelatnost koji je proširen na sve poslodavce i radnike u ovoj djelatnosti. Također je stranka u stotinjak kolektivnih ugovora na razini poduzeća.

STUH je osnovan 1990. godine. Ima regionalne urede u Poreču, Šibeniku, Makarskoj i Zagrebu te podružnicu u Dubrovniku.

Članica je Međunarodne udruge prehrambenih, poljoprivrednih, hotelijerskih, restoranskih, ugostiteljskih, duhanskih i srodnih udruga (IUF) te sindikalne konfederacije istog tipa, ali na europskoj razini – EFFAT.

Jedan je od osnivača Saveza samostalnih sindikata Hrvatske.

Predsjednik: Eduard Andrić, 098 265 362, edi@stuh.hr
Glavna tajnica i pravna savjetnica: Sunčica Benović, suncica@stuh.hr

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The Trade Union of Transport and Communications of Croatia organises workers involved in any role in transport activities. It has almost three thousand members, the majority being covered by one of thirty concluded collective agreements.

It is a member of the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF).

It is one of the founders of the Union of Autonomous Trade Unions of Croatia.

President: Stjepan Lisičak, +385 98 328 756

The Autonomous Trade Union of Croatia brings together workers employed in the timber and paper industry, sports facilities, city administrations, kindergartens (technical staff), pyrotechnic companies, security services, air traffic control, county-level emergency medicine departments, city-level Red Cross societies, etc.

It has concluded about twenty collective agreements at company level.

It is a member of the Building and Wood Workers’ International (BWI).

President: Berislav Bossak, +385 98 91 73 645
General Secretary: Darko Idžaković, +385 91 41 35 820

‘Novine’ Trade Union organises workers in commerce and is the representative union in Tisak plus d.o.o, the largest newsstand retailer with a network of more than 900 points of sale throughout Croatia.

It is a signatory to the Tisak plus d.o.o. collective agreement.

President: Krešimir Tomašković, +385 99 364 12 98, sindikat.novine1@sssh.hr
General Secretary: Nevenka Pavelić, +385 99 36 44 995

The Trade Union of Healthcare of Croatia organises workers employed in institutions, companies and private employers in the fields of health, social protection and pension-disability insurance and related activities.

President: Radmila Čahut Jurišić, +385 91 25 06 750

The Trade Union of Engineers and Forestry Technicians covers the following sectors: forestry; the timber industry; renewable energy sources; and environmental protection.

President: Ivica Đurčević, +385 98 442 405, ivica.durcevic@hrsume.hr
Vice president: Miko Tonković

The Trade Union of Education, Media and Culture of Croatia brings together organised workers from the sector of early and preschool education, media and culture. It has more than 4,100 members, a number that has been continuously rising since the establishment of the trade union in 2010.
It is a signatory to about thirty collective agreements.

President: Božica Žilić, +385 91 57 77 307, predsjednica.somk@gmail.com
Vice president: Ingrid Čavić

The Dockers’ Trade Union of Croatia organises workers in maritime and river ports.

President: Zlatko Janeš, +385 91 2620 290, zlatkojanesslrh@gmail.com     

The Trade Union of the Agriculture, Food and Water Industry of Croatia organises workers in all professions and occupations in agriculture, the food industry, water management, fisheries and other related activities and forestry, regardless of whether they are employed for a fixed or an indefinite period of time, or whether they are temporarily unemployed.

President: Mladen Pracaić, +385 98 560 089, Mladen.Pracaic@voda.hr

The Retired Persons’ Trade Union of Croatia organises retired workers and enables them to continue their trade union struggle for a decent life even after working age in an appropriate intensity and form.

It was established in 1992 with the main aim of preserving the level of retired people’s rights, fighting for better care for the elderly and improving the pension system.

It is a member of the European Federation of Retired and Elderly Persons (FERPA) and, through it, the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC).

The SUH has been a full member of the UATUC since 1993.
 

President: Jasna A. Petrović, +385 95 925 1667

The Croatian Trade Union of Manufacturing and Administrative Workers in the Private Sector organises workers employed in firms which have the status of small employers (employers whose production is organised in a non-industrial way), regardless of the type of activity and profession.
It is also an association of those who perform back office work for employers, apart from civil servants, workers in public services, the judiciary, administration, local and regional self-government, education and culture.

President: Gordana Ferenčić, +385 98 366 153, gordana@email.t-com.hr

The Autonomous Trade Union of Healthcare and Social Welfare of Croatia organises all workers in healthcare and social care regardless of profession, qualifications or vocational education. SSZSSH is the largest trade union in the healthcare sector with more than 11 thousand members organised into 160 company-level unions throughout Croatia.

It is a permanent negotiator in the basic collective agreement for civil servants and employees in public services, the collective agreement for the healthcare and health insurance sectors and the collective agreement for the social welfare sector. SSZSSH was established in 1991.

President: Stjepan Topolnjak, 098 16 49 880, topolnjak@sszssh.tcloud.hr
General Secretary: Tajana Drakulić, sszssh@sszssh.tcloud.hr

Sindikat pomoraca Hrvatske okuplja hrvatske pomorce i radnike čiji su poslovi vezani uz pomorstvo i unutarnju plovidbu.

Otkako se pridružio Međunarodnoj federaciji transportnih radnika (ITF), SPH je sudjelovao u međunarodnoj kampanji Flags of Convenience koja se fokusira na brodove koji ne zadovoljavaju globalne standarde plovidbe i radnih uvjeta. SPH sudjeluje u raspravama i aktivnostima na

Europskoj i svjetskoj razini te pomaže pomorcima na podstandardnim brodovima kroz rad ITF Inspektorata.

SPH je član Europske federacije transportnih radnika (ETF), sindikalne federacije koja predstavlja europske transportne radnike.

U okviru Saveza Nautilus Sindikat pomoraca Hrvatske radi na tješnjoj suradnji s udrugama na svjetskoj i europskoj razini te, što je najvažnije, na pružanju dodatne pomoći članovima u zemljama koje Savez zastupa: SAD, Velika Britanija, Švicarska. , Švedska, Francuska, Finska, Norveška, Nizozemska, Singapur, Hong Kong, Australija i Novi Zeland.

Glavni tajnik: Neven Melvan, +385 98 355 075, nmelvan@sph.hr

The Trade Union of Police of Croatia organises workers employed in the Ministry of the Interior and other state and public bodies. It has more than 13 thousand members. The members of the Trade Union of Police of Croatia work as police officers, civil servants or as public employees. They can also be employed in other state and public bodies on the territory of the Republic of Croatia. 

SPH is one of the signatories to the collective agreement for civil servants and public employees. 

It is a member of the European Police Union (EPU).

President: Dubravko Jagić

‘Spačva’ Trade Union gathers workers in Spačva d.d, in Vinkovci, but also organises workers in other companies performing similar activities. Its priority task is collective bargaining and the conclusion of collective agreements in order to achieve favourable material entitlements and other rights for workers.

President: Ilija Budimir, 098 97 00 909, ilijabudimir.vk@gmail.com

The Trade Union of Slavonia and Baranja is active in the area of Slavonia, Baranja and Srijem in cooperation or alliance with other similar (industrial) unions.

President: Dragutin Šmerda, 091 310 29 74

The Joint Unions of Drivers and Traffic Workers of the Republic of Croatia brings together trade unions organising workers employed in companies operating public passenger transport and related activities.

President: Anto Jelić, +385 98 255 083, anto.jelic@usvprh.hr
Coordinator: Zoran Vidović, +385 98 532 488, vidovic.zoran@gmail.com

The Association of Workers’ Trade Unions of Croatia brings together 26 trade unions from a number of different activities in the public and private sector.

URSH was established in 1994 and joined the UATUC as an affiliated confederation in 2020.

The Trade Union of the Employed in Agriculture, Food and Tobacco Industry and Water Resources Management of Croatia is one of the largest private sector unions in Croatia. It organises workers in more than 200 companies and is a signatory to more than 100 collective agreements.

PPDIV has been operating under its current name since 1990 but its history dates back more than one hundred years.

It is organised into four regions (with regional offices headed by full-time trade unionists) and more than 200 company-level unions with elected shop steward committees and shop stewards.

In addition to its central office in Zagreb there are also offices in Osijek, Koprivnica and Split.

It is a member of The International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers’ Associations (IUF) and a trade union confederation of the same type but at European level – EFFAT.

It is one of the founders of the Union of Autonomous Trade Unions of Croatia.

President: Denis Paradiš, +385 99 271 8059, denis.paradis@ppdiv.hr

The Union Collective of Precarious Workers and Activists is a worker and activist organisation established in December 2021. It brings together workers in civil society and non-profit organisations employed on any form of employment contract (employment contract, contract for service, author’s contract, student contract, volunteering), as well as those who are currently unemployed but active in that sector.

SKUPA advocates fighting against precarious work, the exploitation of workers, all forms of abuse and discrimination, the impairment of mental and physical health through work (burnout) and also the negative perception of workers in the sector that is spreading among the public. It fights for better working conditions and a better work-life balance.

It has been a full member of the Union of Autonomous Trade Unions of Croatia since 14 April 2022.

Members of the Main Board:

Andrea Kovač
Lana Kučer
Sandra Kasunić, +385 95 5684 395
Sven Janovski, +385 99 8376 805

‘Preporod’, the trade union for workers in the Croatian education system, brings together almost ten thousand members from more than 400 primary and secondary schools throughout Croatia.

It advocates, among other things, the protection and improvement of the material and social interests of its members, the comprehensive advancement of education activities and the protection of the dignity and reputation of those employed in the education system.

‘Preporod’ was established in 1994 and has been a member of the UATUC since 2022.

Predsjednik: Željko Stipić