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18th Extraordinary PERC Executive Committee
The 18th meeting of the PERC Executive Committee took place in Brussels, 21 June 2022, for the first time in person since the outbreak of the COVID-19. The meeting was chaired by Irakli Petriashvili, PERC President.
ILO Workers’ Group statement on Ukraine: Peace, social justice, solidarity
Delegates and representatives of trade unions from ILO Member States gathered in the Workers’ Group at the International Labour Conference in Geneva in June 2022,
ITUC ETUC letter to verkhovna rada re draft bill 5371
Here you can find attached a copy of the joint ITUC/ETUC letter to the Chairman of Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Mr Stefanchuk.
Workers’ Rights in Platform Economy in Europe and Central Asia
The joint PERC - FES workshop " Workers’ Rights in Platform Economy in Europe and Central Asia " was organized on the 17th of May 2022 on ZOOM platform.
Belarus: ITUC reaffirms support for unions under sustained attack
The ITUC has restated its support for the independent trade unions in Belarus as the government there intensifies its attacks on the movement.
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Confederation of Trade Unions of the Slovak Republic with new leaders: The future lies in work, democracy, freedom and justice!
The 11th Congress of the Confederation of Trade Unions of the Slovak Republic was held in Bratislava on 16 and 17 June 2022. The delegates of the Congress elected a new Confederation leadership on the first day of the meeting. Monika Uhlerová, former Vice-President of KOZ SR, was elected President of KOZ SR and František Gajdoš from OZ KOVO was elect-ed Vice-President of KOZ SR.
BSPK’s Protest 20th of May 2022
On, Friday, May 20th, 2022, the Union of Independent Trade Unions of Kosovo, under the leadership of the BSPK President, Atdhe Hykolli, organized a massive Protest in “Gjergj Kastrioti Skenderbeu” square, in Pristina. More than tens of thousands of workers, members of the BSPK Federations, from all over of the Republic of Kosovo gathered in front of the Government Building, and presented their concerns and reasonable requests.
Statement by the BKDP Executive Committee in connection with the violation of the rights of trade unions in Belarus
The BKDP Executive Committee expresses a strong protest in connection with another violation of the rights of trade unions in the country, the recognition on April 7 of the Belarusian Trade Union of workers of radio and electronic industry (REP trade union), which is part of the BKDP, as an extremist formation.
Kosovo: Trade unions intensifies protests
BSPK has decided to intensify protests against the Social Partner – Government due to the delay in drafting the Law on Wages, the non-implementation of The Law on Health Insurance that has been promulgated in 2014, and the non-amending Law on Pension Schemes Financed by the State that has discriminated the workers that have worked before 1999.
Statement by the BKDP Executive Committee in connection with the attack on trade union activists
The Executive Committee of the Belarusian Congress of Democratic Trade Unions (BKDP) issued a statement regarding the attack by the state authorities and state security forces on the leaders and activists of the Belarusian Independent Trade Union.
