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ITUC letter to President Tokayev re violations of ILO Conv. 87/trial E. Baltabay
Here you can find a letter sent by ITUC to the President of Kazakhstan regarding violations of ILO Convention 87.
ILO renews social contract with Centenary Declaration, adopts anti-violence Convention and holds governments to account for violations
The 100th Anniversary Conference of the International Labour Organisation has concluded with the adoption of two major instruments, a Centenary Declaration for the Future of Work, and a crucial new international Convention to tackle violence and harassment at work.
Obituary of Jan Guz - a president of OPZZ
We regret to inform you that on the 24th of May, Jan Guz, the President of the All-Poland Alliance of Trade Unions (OPZZ) passed away.
PERC President’s speech at the 14th Statutory Congress of ETUC
The 14th Congress of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) is taking place from Tuesday 21 to Friday 24 May 2019 at Wien Messe in Vienna, Austria.
Regional conference "Trade Unions actions on decent work for people with disabilities", Baku 6-9 May 2019
The regional conference was organized by ILO ACTRAV in collaboration with ITUC/PERC and AHIK and was attended by trade unionists from some Balkan countries and NIS.
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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.
Russia: Important decision by the European Court of Human Rights
Yesterday, 20th of November, 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.
Fourth Conference on Freedom of Association and the rights of trade unions organized in Moscow
On 26-27 of March in Moscow was organized the fourth conference "Freedom of Association and the rights of trade unions in the Russian Federation: the state and prospects." The conference was organized by the International Labor Organization (ILO), the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), the Russian Labor Confederation (KTR), and the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia (FNPR).
