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The Meeting was held of the Executive Committee of the Azerbaijan Trade Unions Confederation

03 Mar 2018

The  meeting of the Executive Committee of the Confederation of Trade Unions of Azerbaijan was held on 2 March.The meeting began with a minute of silence in memory of people who died during a fire in the Republican Narcological Center in Khatai district of Baku. 

The chairman of the Confederation of Trade Unions of Azerbaijan, deputy of the Parlament  Sattar Mehbaliyev made an opening speech. The meeting approved the work plan of the Executive Committee for the first half of 2018, and statistical reports of trade unions for the last year were heard. According to the report, 147 new trade unions were created last year. 64 of them were youth and 180 were women. 47 of them belong to the non-state sector. These organizations unite 1,688 members in their ranks. 95.3 percent of petitions and complaints filed with trade unions were resolved positively. The presentation  by  Rector of the Academy "The results of training of trade unions and employees of the Academy of Labor and Social Affairs of Azerbaijan in 2017", , guided by the decision of the Executive Committee of the Confederation of Trade Unions of Azerbaijan of March 14, 2017, based on modern innovative methods, targeted measures to improve the education system of trade unions leaders and activists.In the Academy in 2017, 747 people were registered. 64 of them were youth and 180 were women. Particular attention was paid to the participation of chairmen of trade unions, first elected at the courses. For this purpose, a curriculum on the basics of trade union organizations was developed and 8 topics were included in this program. To stimulate the learning process, a survey was conducted at the beginning of the course among the listeners, and their feedback was taken into account.