Choroszczak, Jerzy2019-04-082019-04-082017Business and non-profit organizations facing increased competition and growing customers' demands : volume 16 : proceedings of the 16th Conference: Tomaszowice, Poland, 19-20 June 2017. Ed. by A. Nalepka, A. Ujwary-Gil. Nowy Sącz : WSB-NLU ; Nowy Targ : Foundation for the Dissemination of Knowledge and Science “Cognitione”, 2017. S. 29-46978-83-949144-0-0http://hdl.handle.net/11199/10499The following paper presents areas of trade unions activities in companies owned by the State Treasury, which may be a source of organizational pathologies. The author analyses the structure, privileges, and rights of trade unions in Poland. The functioning of trade unions in companies owned by the State Treasury is subject to deeper analysis. Indications have been identified in this area that the number of trade unions in companies owned by the State Treasury is significantly higher than in private companies, especially service ones. An important part of this paper is the analysis of specific trade unions activities leading to the development of organizational pathologies in companies owned by the State Treasury.enopen accessAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Polandtrade unionsorganizational pathologiescompanies owned by the State TreasurybookPart