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HRW report "No year without deaths" on workers’ rights and safety at work in Georgia
Human Rights Watch released comprehensive report on workers’ rights and safety at work in Georgia.
Meeting of Trade Union communication experts networks of SEE and NIS countries
On 2-3 of September in Brussels was held a meeting of a SEE and NIS communication experts networks. Meeting was organized within the framework of the Union to Union project.
5th PERC Youth Committee Statement on the International Youth Day 2019
On August 12th the whole world is celebrating the International Youth Day. On December the 17th 1999 the General Assembly of the United Nations in its resolution 54/120 adopted the recommendation of the World Conference of Ministers Responsible for Youth (Lisbon, 8-12 August 1998) to declare the 12th of August as the International Youth Day. Congratulating your friends on this day one must not forget about the problems the modern youth are facing.
Wage forum
On 16 and 17 July a PERC sub-regional Wage Forum took place in Belgrade. It involved leaders and experts from Trade union organisations from Eastern and Western Balkans, Ukraine and Moldova. ITUC General Secretary Sharan Burrow led the forum, while Evelyn Astor, from ITUC Economic and Social Policies department provided economic evidences for minimal wage increase and for extension of social protection floors.
12th PERC Summer School “Democracy and freedoms in Europe and Central Asia”
The 12th PERC Summer School “Democracy and freedoms in Europe and Central Asia” took place in Budapest, Hungary, on 9-11 July. In his opening speech PERC President Irakli Petriashvili spoke about challenges to the freedom of association and democracy in the region, growing inequalities and gender gaps, and called all unions to be vigilant and pro-active to prevent further erosion of democracy and to advance workers’ rights and freedoms.
News from Affiliates
Independent trade union canceled strike at the airport after reaching agreement with employer
The Independent Trade Union of Airline Workers’ at the LLC Aerohandling made a decision to hold a strike on 19th of June at the Boryspil International Airport, as the collective labour dispute hadn’t been resolved. The independent trade union demanded a wages increase, ensuring decent working conditions, in particular, to equip rest and dining facilities, as well as to sign a collective bargaining agreement and to establish a social dialogue. At the same time, the employer avoided holding conciliation procedures and negotiations stipulated by the Law of Ukraine "On the Procedure for Resolving Collective Labor Disputes (Conflicts)".
The Situation of Workers and the Trade Union Movement in Georgia
After restoration of the independence the most part of the population of Georgia has lived in the extreme poverty. According to the official statistics for 2017 the share of those below the line of extreme poverty made 21.9% of the total population, and the relative ratio was 22.3%. About 41% of the population (1 542 545) consider themselves as the poor and hope to get the social allowance, which is a miserable in amount – varies between 40 and 60 Georgian lari per month.
Ukraine: Four employees of the coal-mining enterprise still on hunger strike
In the Donetsk region, three female employees of the coal mine ‘Kurakhivska’ of the state-owned coal-mining enterprise "Selydivvugillya" continued their hunger strike against wage arrears. Yesterday morning (08 January) the employee of the coal chemistry laboratory №3 of mine "Kurakhivska " joined this protest action.
КТR: dismissal of a unionist in Russia rendered illegal by EHCR
November 20, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) announced the decision on the complaint of Anatoly Ognevenko, a member of the Russian trade union of locomotive railway brigades (RPLBZh), who was dismissed for participating in the strike. The resonant strike on the Moscow Railway took place on April 28, 2008 after the failure of wage negotiations. In its decision, the ECHR found a violation of Article 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which provides for the right to freedom of assembly and association. The interests of Anatoly Ognevenko were represented by lawyers of the Center for Social and Labor Rights.
Fourth Conference on Freedom of Association and the rights of trade unions organized in Moscow
On 26-27 of March in Moscow was organized the fourth conference "Freedom of Association and the rights of trade unions in the Russian Federation: the state and prospects." The conference was organized by the International Labor Organization (ILO), the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), the Russian Labor Confederation (KTR), and the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia (FNPR).
