{"id":206,"date":"2025-07-11T10:47:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T07:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eakl.ee\/?page_id=206"},"modified":"2025-10-29T13:33:32","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T11:33:32","slug":"juhtimine","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eakl.ee\/en\/juhtimine\/","title":{"rendered":"Governance"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"bde-globalblock-206-101 bde-globalblock\"><style>.breakdance .bde-section-159-100-159-1{background-image:url(https:\/\/eakl.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Juhtimine-1-scaled.jpg)}.breakdance .bde-section-159-100-159-1>.section-background-overlay{background-color:#420513A1;transition:background-color var(--bde-transition-duration) ease-in-out}<\/style><section id=\"page-banner\" class=\"bde-section-159-100-159-1 bde-section page-banner bde-section-159-100\">\n              \n  \n  \n\t\n\n  <div class=\"section-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"section-container\"><h2 class=\"bde-heading-159-103-159-1 bde-heading bde-heading-159-103\">\nGovernance\n<\/h2><\/div>\n<\/section><\/div><section class=\"bde-section-206-102 bde-section\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"section-container\"><div class=\"bde-rich-text-206-125 bde-rich-text breakdance-rich-text-styles\">\n<h4 class=\"bde-heading-206-116 bde-heading\"><strong><span style=\"color: #d91246;\">THE TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION IS CHAIRED BY WORKERS' REPRESENTATIVES<br \/><br \/><\/span><\/strong><\/h4><p class=\"bde-heading-206-116 bde-heading\">The Estonian Confederation of Trade Unions (EAKL) is a democratic representative organisation led by elected representatives of employees. Its governance structure is based on clear principles of transparency, representation and participatory democracy.<\/p><p>The EAKL is governed by a 4-level governance structure: the highest governing body is the Congress, which meets every four years, with the Council of Governors governing the organisation in between. The Executive Board meets monthly and the Chief Executive is also the President of the EAKL.<\/p><div class=\"bde-rich-text-206-103 bde-rich-text breakdance-rich-text-styles\"><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The President of the Trade Union Confederation is elected at the Congress for a four-year term, from among the candidates put forward by its members. The current President, Kaia Vask, was elected President at the IX Congress in 2023.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"translation-block\">Do you have a question for the head of EAKL?\n\nContact: Kaia Vask - 513 7437, kaia.vask@eakl.ee<\/p><p><br \/><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><span style=\"color: #d91246;\">CONGRESS<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p><p>The Congress is the supreme governing body of the EAKL, which approves amendments to the Statutes, elects the EAKL President, determines the basis for membership fees and sets strategic objectives for the next four years of activity. The delegates to the Congress are elected by the trade unions affiliated to the CFTU.\u00a0<\/p><\/div><div class=\"bde-rich-text-206-118 bde-rich-text breakdance-rich-text-styles\"><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><b style=\"color: #d91246;\">VOLUNTEER<br \/><br \/><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Council is made up of representatives of the members who lead the activities of the ETUC during the inter-congress period. They set the strategic objectives of the ETUC and appoint the members of the Executive Board. It also approves the budget and the annual accounts of the Confederation and prepares the next Congress.<\/span>\u00a0<b style=\"color: #d91246;\"><\/b><\/p><p><b style=\"color: #d91246;\"><br \/>GUIDELINES<br \/><br \/><\/b>The Executive Board is the permanent governing body of EAKL, consisting of between seven and 14 members, including the EAKL President, and meeting at least 10 times a year. The Governing Board manages the day-to-day running of the trade union confederation, from the implementation of the budget to the organisation's working practices.<\/p><p><br \/><b style=\"color: #d91246;\">ESIMEES<br \/><br \/><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Chairman of the EAKL is the CEO of the Estonian Trade Union Confederation, who is also a member of the Executive Board, the coordinator of the work of the governing bodies. He represents the EAKL in its relations with the government, employers and cooperation partners and conducts negotiations with employers on the national minimum wage. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><b style=\"color: #d91246;\"><\/b><\/p><p><br \/><b style=\"color: #d91246;\">MEDIA<br \/><br \/><\/b>The management of EAKL is supported by a paid secretariat and regional departments. The first ensures the implementation of the activities of the Trade Union Confederation in Tallinn, while the others organise information exchange and cooperation in Tartu, P\u00e4rnu and Narva.<b style=\"color: #d91246;\"><\/b><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"bde-globalblock-206-124 bde-globalblock\"><section class=\"bde-section-2003-100-2003-1 bde-section bde-section-2003-100\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"section-container\"><a class=\"bde-text-link-2003-101-2003-1 bde-text-link bde-text-link-2003-101 breakdance-link\" href=\"https:\/\/eakl.ee\/en\/liikmed\/\" target=\"_self\" data-type=\"url\">\n  <h4 >\n  Join here!\n  <\/h4>\n\n<\/a><div class=\"bde-text-2003-102-2003-1 bde-text bde-text-2003-102\">\nThe trade union is your community! By joining, you give yourself and other workers the power to stand up for a better working life in Estonia. \n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/section><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Juhtimine AMETI\u00dcHINGUTE KESKLIITU JUHIVAD T\u00d6\u00d6TAJATE ESINDAJADEesti Ameti\u00fchingute Keskliit (EAKL) on demokraatlik esindusorganisatsioon, mida juhivad t\u00f6\u00f6tajate valitud esindajad. Juhtimisstruktuur toetub selgetele p\u00f5him\u00f5tetele, milleks on l\u00e4bipaistvus, esindatus ja osalusdemokraatia.EAKLi juhtimine on 4-tasandiline: k\u00f5rgeim juhtorgan on \u00fcle nelja aasta kogunev kongress, mille vahepealsel ajal juhib organisatsiooni volikogu. Igakuiselt k\u00e4ib koos juhatus ning keskliidu tegevjuht on \u00fchtlasi EAKL-i esimees.Ameti\u00fchingute [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":332,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_breakdance_hide_in_design_set":false,"_breakdance_tags":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-206","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eakl.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eakl.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eakl.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eakl.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eakl.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/eakl.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/206\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2925,"href":"https:\/\/eakl.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/206\/revisions\/2925"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eakl.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eakl.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}