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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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PERC Statement on Armenia-Azerbaijan armed conflict
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In memoriam of Prof. Dr. Hajrullah Gorani
International Trade Union movement mourns the loss of Prof. Dr. Hajrullah Gorani, that led BSPK from 1990 to 2002, during very decisive times for Kosovo and Europe.
Solidarity with protesting miners
Here you can find a letter from ITUC to express solidarity with protesting miners in Ukraine.
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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.
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.
