Social dialogue in Lithuania: achievements and drawbacks in the way out of the crisis

Abstract

At the beginning of 1990s closer collaboration started in Lithuania between employers and employees, which reinforced economic development, democracy and civil rights. A Tripartite Council was created and started functioning both on the national level, and on other levels. The main organizations were operating on the national level. The most important result of the mutual social dialogue was collective agreement. The most proactive activity of the mutual social dialogue was that on the company level, but even today there are hardly any efficient and effective collective agreements between the social partners in the middle-sectoral level in Lithuania.