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PERC SEE and NIS Communications network meeting
On June 24, ITUC-PERC held a meeting of trade union communications officers network from SEE and NIS countries. This year, as the COVID19 pandemic broke out, discussions took place online.
PERC Summer School “Crisis and recovery in the PERC region: Trade union challenges and responses”
The 13th PERC Summer School took place on 16-17 June by video-conferencing. The PERC School is a discussion forum where trade union leaders and experts can debate issues of common interest. This year, taking into account the COVID-19 provoked crisis, the School focused on global shifts in the world of labour, accelerated by virus-response, and recovery in Europe. Unionists from different countries of the region exchanged about the implications of the COVID-19 crisis and recovery plans and debated common messages as regional contribution to the ILO Tripartite summit planned for July 2020.
Third PERC Steering Committee meeting
The PERC Steering Committee met virtually on 5 June and discussed evolution of the multidimensional crisis provoked by the outbreak of the COVID-19 in the Pan-European region. While most of the countries of the region are in the process of de-confinement and successfully suppressed the spread of the infection, in some countries, particularly, in the East, the propagation of the virus continues and humanitarian risks omnipresent.
PERC Youth Committee. World Environment Day
World Environment Day is celebrated around the globe annually on the 5th of June by various activities and campaigns, with the aim of drawing public attention to numerous environmental problems and to the need to preserve the nature. Recently we had a unique chance to witness the effect of measures meant to stop the spread of corona virus: the nature sprung back to life because of almost non-existent human activity. Satellite imagery shows that the amount of air pollution in China and Italy has decreased, water in some cities like Venice has become cleaner. This clearly displays the negative impact humanity has on the environment.
News from Affiliates
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.
KTR: Russian capitalism and coronavirus
An article by Oleg Shein MP, Vice-President of the Confederation of Labour of Russia (KTR), in which he presents an analysis of the situation in Russia’s social-labor sphere in pandemic conditions and coronavirus (COVID-19) infection.
INFORMATION ON THE LEGAL PROTECTION OF SSM DURING THE PANDEMIC
The Federation of Trade Unions of Macedonia has organized a service for free legal protection for employment rights for its membership. Our legal representatives from SSM and the branch unions have provided free legal protection for our membership in Skopje as well as in the regional trade union offices throughout the country.
Azerbaijan: AHIK updates on fight against the pandemic
The world-wide corona virus pandemic has reoriented people’s way of life, led their social and everyday problems to a completely new direction, and subjected their work and activities to unexpected changes. The sudden outbreak of virus forced Azerbaijan Trade Union Confederation, whose activities cover all spheres of public life, to build its work in accordance with the new requirements. It is not difficult to imagine the responsibility that has fallen on the shoulders of an organization whose main task is to protect the socio-economic and legal interests of citizens. In a document attached you can find updates on measures in Azerbaijan and actions by AHIK in time of pandemic published on --> 30-04-2020 doc download doc open --> --> doc download doc open -->
