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PERC Steering Committee meeting
The PERC Steering Committee met virtually on 14 of September. It discussed economic and employment situation in Europe, that is facing record high unemployment and economic activity downturn and the need to preserve workplace and social protection measures to protect societies and economies, but also to ensure proper control over occupational health and safety in COVID - 19 realities and regulation of remote, distant and platform work.
Belarus: Stop the violence - defend democracy and human rights
The world’s largest trade union associations - ITUC, ETUC, IndustriAll, IUF - with their affiliates, the Belarusian Congress of Democratic Trade Unions (BKDP) and the Belarusian Independent Trade Union (BNP) have launched a global campaign in support of the strike movement in Belarus.
Letter sent to Presidents von der Leyen, Michel and Sassoli.
Letter sent to the Presidents of the European Commission, European Council and European Parliament - Presidents von der Leyen, Michel and Sassoli.
Situation in Belarus: joint ETUC/PERC statement
The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) and the Pan-European Regional Council (PERC) are following closely and with great concern the current situation in Belarus, after recent presidential elections. The ETUC and PERC demand the immediate release of trade unionists detained for having taken part in peaceful protests against falsified elections, notably Nikolai Zimin, former chairman of the Belarusian Independent Trade Union and Maxim Sereda, chairman of the UMTO the Independent Trade Union of Miners.
PERC Youth Committee statement for International Youth Day
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News from Affiliates
The FNPR statement on the developments in Belarus
The Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia expresses deep concern at the development of the socio-political and social situation in the Republic of Belarus.
Belarus: Stop the violence - defend democracy and human rights
The world’s largest trade union associations - ITUC, ETUC, IndustriAll, IUF - with their affiliates, the Belarusian Congress of Democratic Trade Unions (BKDP) and the Belarusian Independent Trade Union (BNP) have launched a global campaign in support of the strike movement in Belarus.
Statements of BKDP Executive Committee
Here you can find translations into English of BKDP statements #26 and #27, adopted on 12th of August 2020. Originals in Russian and English translations are in attachments.
Ukraine: Miners ended protest after reaching agreements with authorities
Miners, members of the Independent Trade Union of Miners of Ukraine finished their protest in Kyiv after the agreements on addressing wage arrears and lockdown of coal-mining enterprises were reached. As the NPGU Chairperson Mykhailo Volynets informed, on 12 of July miners of state-owned and privet mines, who had been protested for 11 days in Kyiv, went back home.
Ukrainian unions protest against anti-worker and anti-trade-union draft laws
ITUC/PERC affiliates in Ukraine are mobilised to fight off the attempts of the Governments to weaken unions and social dialogue in the country and to ensure workers’ guarantees stipulated by ILO Conventions #87 and #98.
