Leaked documents show UK government supports anti-union labour reform Ukraine European Public Service Unions reports: These leaked documents show that the UK government via its development aid arm (UK Aid) and the UK embassy in Kiev is funding consultants to assist the Ukrainian Ministry of Economy in selling its neo-liberal market reforms to the Ukrainian people. EPSU … Continue reading Leaked documents show UK government supports anti-union labour reform Ukraine
EXPOSED: BRITISH FOREIGN OFFICE FUNDING ATTACK ON WORKERS’ RIGHTS IN UKRAINE
The British state is directly involved in funding a project to transform laws in Ukraine which will reduce workers rights. Legal changes already condemned by Ukrainian trade unions as contravening the International Labour Organization. Republished below is an article by Thomas Rowley of Open Democracy. Demonstration of the Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine … Continue reading EXPOSED: BRITISH FOREIGN OFFICE FUNDING ATTACK ON WORKERS’ RIGHTS IN UKRAINE
Ukrainian trade unions under the guillotine
The labour market will get rid of trade unions Vitaliy Dudin Under the slogan of getting rid of old Soviet junk, Ukrainian parliamentarians want to “reform trade unions”. This reform guillotine will decapitate trade union committees, which presently force management thoroughly to deliberate over their decisions. After the unsuccessful attempt to pass the liberal law … Continue reading Ukrainian trade unions under the guillotine
new anti-union law threatens Ukrainian trade unions
The Ukrainian trade union movement joined by an international campaign of solidarity recently pushed back proposed anti-union legislation, now the government proposing a new anti-trade union law. We publish this report from http://www.industriall-union.org/ On 27 May, the parliamentary committee on social policy and the protection of veterans reviewed draft law №2681 and recommended that parliament … Continue reading new anti-union law threatens Ukrainian trade unions
THE CONFEDERATION OF FREE TRADE UNIONS OF UKRAINE DECLARATION ON THE ATTACK ON SOCIAL AND WORKER RIGHTS
The Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine (KVPU) continues to oppose the legislative attempts to radically narrow the labor and social rights of citizens and undermine the role of trade unions in protection workers' interests in Ukraine, that will negatively affect the socio-economic and democratic development in Ukraine; lead to social instability and mass migration … Continue reading THE CONFEDERATION OF FREE TRADE UNIONS OF UKRAINE DECLARATION ON THE ATTACK ON SOCIAL AND WORKER RIGHTS
Ukraine’s government puts oligarchs and multinationals ahead of its own people
International Trade Union Confederation Protests New Labour Laws To: Mr Volodymyr Zelensky President of Ukraine Mr Dmytro Razumkov Chairman, Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Mr Oleksiy Honcharuk Prime Minister of Ukraine Mr Tymofiy Mylovanov Minister for Development of Economy, Trade and Agriculture of Ukraine Ms Yulia Sokolovska Minister of Social Policy of Ukraine Dear Sirs and … Continue reading Ukraine’s government puts oligarchs and multinationals ahead of its own people
European education unions in solidarity with Ukrainian workers
For more than a month Ukrainian trade union have been struggling against the changes proposed by the Government to the legislation on employment rights, trade unions, social insurance and social dialogue. Trade union organisations around the world have offered their support to workers in Ukraine. Published here is a statement by the European Trade Union … Continue reading European education unions in solidarity with Ukrainian workers
UKRAINIAN UNIONS UNITE AGAINST ANTI-WORKER LAWS
ALL-UKRAINIAN TRADE UNION FORUM IN KYIV On January 16, representatives of more than 60 thousand primary trade union organisations from all over Ukraine, delegated by 7 million members of trade unions, came to Kyiv to take part in the Trade Union Forum. Representatives of workers from of sectors of the national economy have sent a … Continue reading UKRAINIAN UNIONS UNITE AGAINST ANTI-WORKER LAWS
Ukrainian unions urgent appeal for solidarity
👉 On 28 December 2019, on the eve of the New Year holidays, without any warning and agreement with social partners, without timely publication and wide discussion, Honcharuk’s Government attacked labour and social rights of Ukrainians! The draft law provides for dismissal of employees at request of the employer without any grounds and without severance pay; … Continue reading Ukrainian unions urgent appeal for solidarity
Ukrainian workers face major attack on their freedom
A new labour law is being introduced in Ukraine which represents a major attacks on workers freedom and democracy as a whole. The Ukrainian trade union as whole is engaged in mobilising to oppose this attacks and is calling for solidarity. We publish below a press release issued by the Labor Initiatives centre in Kyiv. … Continue reading Ukrainian workers face major attack on their freedom