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Statement to the EU-Ukraine Association Council
Here you can find a statement made by ETUC, PERC, FPU and KVPU to the EU-Ukraine Association Council
ITUC ETUC letter to Ukrainian authorities re draft labour law
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Conference on labour migration
As a side activity for its General Assembly the PERC, in cooperation with Belgian unions, organised international conference Labour migration in Europe and Central Asia: challenge, opportunity and point for trade union action?
The 4th PERC General Assembly
The PERC General Assembly took place on 16 of December 2019 in Brussels in International Trade Union House. More than one hundred twenty delegates, observers and guest speakers from all around Europe took part in the meeting. Sharan Burrow, ITUC General Secretary, and Heinz Koller, ILO Director for Europe, addressed the Assembly.
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All-Ukrainian Trade Union Forum’s Resolution
Participants in the All-Ukrainian Forum, representatives of more than 60 thousand primary trade union organisations, mandated by five million trade union members, have met on 16th of January in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, at this crucial time for our country to send the country’s top officials the message of anxiety and indignation from the employees of enterprises and organisations in connection with economic and social “reforms” of the new Government, which are conducted in a hurry and without proper public discussion.
Workers from Turkey are on strike in Lithuania
Since the 20th of December 2019, workers of the “Kayi construction” company (in Lithuania it is known as “KAYI INSAAT SANAYI VE TICARET ANONIM SIRKETI FILIALAS KAYI CONSTRUCTION“) in Kaunas, Lithuania, are on strike. The company has not paid salaries to these workers since they started working in March 2019.
Ukraine: Miners of state-owned and private enterprises protest on 18th December in Kyiv and regions
On 12th of the December, the Council of Heads of the Independent Trade Union of Miners of Ukraine (NPGU) decided to hold actions against wage arrears and violations of labour rights. In addition, the NPGU demanded ensuring decent jobs, stabilizing of the situation in coal industry and ensuring energy safety in Ukraine. This decision was supported by miners of state and private coal-mining enterprises in different regions.
CTUM: Knowledge on Occupational Health and Safety as a Basis for Safe Work
Within Project “Union to Union”, which is realized by Swedish Trade Unions Lo, TCO and SACO, and through ITUC-PERC Regional office in Sarajevo, the Confederation of Trade Unions of Montenegro has organized Seminar under title “Knowledge on Occupational Health and Safety as a Basis for Safe Work” in SindCenter “Muo”, in Kotor, Montenegro on 6 and 7 December 2019.
CATUS Serbia Youth Section and Women Section seminar
On October 16-17, 2019 in Vrnjačka Banja a seminar was organized by the Confederation of Autonomous Trade Unions of Serbia (CATUS) with the help of the ITUC Pan European Regional Council and support of Swedish trade unions "Union to Union".
