Union Federation Condemns State Attacks on Ukrainian unions

STATEMENTof the Council of the Federation of Trade Unions of Ukraineto the state authorities concerning obstruction of legal trade union activity and unlawful confiscation of their property On 7 October 2021 participants in the All-Ukrainian trade union protest action put forward a number of requirements, one of which was “hands off the trade union property”. … Continue reading Union Federation Condemns State Attacks on Ukrainian unions

JOHN MCDONNELL MP SLAMS TORY COLLUSION TO ATTACK WORKERS RIGHTS IN UKRAINE

John McDonnell MP John McDonnell MP, former Shadow Chancellor has tabled an Early Day Motion in Parliament condemning the efforts to the British government to introduce legislation attacking workers rights in Ukraine.  The  leaked plan follows classic Thatcherite anti-union strategies from the 1980’s of introducing attacks by stages which will undermine trade unions and abolish … Continue reading JOHN MCDONNELL MP SLAMS TORY COLLUSION TO ATTACK WORKERS RIGHTS IN 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

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

UNIONS BANNED BY PRO-RUSSIAN SEPARATISTS IN LUHANSK

Independent trade unions are now banned in the so-called Luhansk Peoples Republic’ – the Order was issued on 20th January2015 by the Minster of Justice A.V. Shubin entitled:  “Concerning the Ban for Registration of Independent Trade Unions on the Territory of the People’s Republic of Luhansk Peoples Republic”.  The order has become fully apparent as … Continue reading UNIONS BANNED BY PRO-RUSSIAN SEPARATISTS IN LUHANSK