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ITUC PERC Women’s School in Vilnius, 25-26 September
The ITUC/PERC with the support from Friedrich Ebert Stiftung organized the PERC Women’s School on 25-26 September in Vilnius. Around 35 participants from the PERC region took part in the activity.
Meeting of Trade Union leaders of three EU Association Agreement countries
On 23-24 of September by the initiative of the ILO and support of ITUC PERC in Tbilisi was organized a meeting of Trade Union leaders of three EU Association Agreement countries - Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. During the meeting, leaders shared experiences and opinions of implementation of Association Agreements on national levels. You can find below Joint statement signed by all leaders. published on --> 26-09-2019 Joint statement doc download doc open --> --> doc download doc open -->
HRW report "No year without deaths" on workers’ rights and safety at work in Georgia
Human Rights Watch released comprehensive report on workers’ rights and safety at work in Georgia.
Meeting of Trade Union communication experts networks of SEE and NIS countries
On 2-3 of September in Brussels was held a meeting of a SEE and NIS communication experts networks. Meeting was organized within the framework of the Union to Union project.
5th PERC Youth Committee Statement on the International Youth Day 2019
On August 12th the whole world is celebrating the International Youth Day. On December the 17th 1999 the General Assembly of the United Nations in its resolution 54/120 adopted the recommendation of the World Conference of Ministers Responsible for Youth (Lisbon, 8-12 August 1998) to declare the 12th of August as the International Youth Day. Congratulating your friends on this day one must not forget about the problems the modern youth are facing.
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UFTUM photo action on WDDW 2019
On the occasion of the World Day for Decent Work, the Union of Free Trade Unions of Montenegro carried out an action aimed at drawing the attention of citizens to the importance of this date, but also enabling them to express what they want, what they need to live a decent life.
Independent trade union canceled strike at the airport after reaching agreement with employer
The Independent Trade Union of Airline Workers’ at the LLC Aerohandling made a decision to hold a strike on 19th of June at the Boryspil International Airport, as the collective labour dispute hadn’t been resolved. The independent trade union demanded a wages increase, ensuring decent working conditions, in particular, to equip rest and dining facilities, as well as to sign a collective bargaining agreement and to establish a social dialogue. At the same time, the employer avoided holding conciliation procedures and negotiations stipulated by the Law of Ukraine "On the Procedure for Resolving Collective Labor Disputes (Conflicts)".
The Situation of Workers and the Trade Union Movement in Georgia
After restoration of the independence the most part of the population of Georgia has lived in the extreme poverty. According to the official statistics for 2017 the share of those below the line of extreme poverty made 21.9% of the total population, and the relative ratio was 22.3%. About 41% of the population (1 542 545) consider themselves as the poor and hope to get the social allowance, which is a miserable in amount – varies between 40 and 60 Georgian lari per month.
Ukraine: Four employees of the coal-mining enterprise still on hunger strike
In the Donetsk region, three female employees of the coal mine ‘Kurakhivska’ of the state-owned coal-mining enterprise "Selydivvugillya" continued their hunger strike against wage arrears. Yesterday morning (08 January) the employee of the coal chemistry laboratory №3 of mine "Kurakhivska " joined this protest action.
КТR: dismissal of a unionist in Russia rendered illegal by EHCR
November 20, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) announced the decision on the complaint of Anatoly Ognevenko, a member of the Russian trade union of locomotive railway brigades (RPLBZh), who was dismissed for participating in the strike. The resonant strike on the Moscow Railway took place on April 28, 2008 after the failure of wage negotiations. In its decision, the ECHR found a violation of Article 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which provides for the right to freedom of assembly and association. The interests of Anatoly Ognevenko were represented by lawyers of the Center for Social and Labor Rights.
