A delegation of the Azerbaijan Trade Union Confederation participated in the All-Trade Union Confederation.
12 Apr 2019
A meeting of the Executive Committee of the Confederation of the Commonwealth of Independent States was held in Moscow, chaired by President of the Confederation of All-Trade Union of the Trade Unions of Russia, Chairman of the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia Mikhail Shmakov.
The Committee
Experts has reviewed the agenda of the meeting of the Board, the rules of
procedure, the composition of the Editorial Commission, as well as drafted
draft documents. After the discussion, it was decided to submit them to
the Council's meeting.
Deputy
Secretary General of the All-Trade Union Confederation Albert Potapov, spoke on
the ratification and coherence of ILO conventions in the independent countries
where member states have acted. The Executive Committee affirmed that
last year, trade unions of independent states have made significant efforts to
ratify the 11 ILO Conventions and other international labor standards included
in the list.
Trade unions have benefited from positive changes
in the ratification process, using all channels affecting authorities and
business structures. It was noted in the meeting that the Convention on the
Promotion of Employment and Protection
of Unemployment was not ratified by any of the countries in the region. The ILO Convention and
Recommendation Expert Committee report submitted to the 107th session of the
International Labor Conference in June 2018 states that there are numerous
violations of the conventions in the countries of the region. The
Executive Committee called on unions of independent states to achieve the
ratification of the most important ILO conventions in their respective
countries and to ensure that they are properly and timely implemented in
national labor legislation.
The
Executive Committee endorsed the requests for April 28 th-World Labor Day, the
100th anniversary of the International Labor Organization and the International
Day of Soldiers on May 1.
The meeting of the All Trade Union
Confederation was held on April 12. In December 2018, the members of the Board
of Directors, including the representatives
nominated by the Federation of Trade
Unions of Uzbekistan, joined to the All
Trade Union Confederation.
Vice-President
of the Confederation of Trade Unions of Azerbaijan, deputy chairman of the
Confederation of International Trade Unions Sattar Mohbaliyev made a speech on
the topic "Socio-economic situation of independent states in time of
global challenges".
S.Mohbaliyev
informed the meeting participants that the socio-economic development strategy
in the Republic of Azerbaijan, balanced socio-economic policy aimed at the
development of the economy, the protection of macroeconomic stability and
financial stability, and social development reflecting the interests of the
Azerbaijani people. Proper distribution of oil revenues, the development
of the non-oil sector of the economy, reducing dependence on oil factor, and
other decisions that have been adopted over the last 15 years, have made the
country's transition to postneft development flawless economic reforms without
shocking effectiveness. development, the stable labor market and the ongoing
reforms in the field of social protection of the population.
In 2018
deep economic reforms were continued, new industrial products were created and
developed, and transparency of the economic sphere was ensured, especially in
non-oil sectors. According to the Statistical Committee of the Republic of
Azerbaijan, in 2018 the gross domestic product increased by 1.4% compared with
2017. The GDP per capita was $ 4780.1. The non-oil sector produced 1.8 percent
compared to 2017 and 0.6 percent in the oil sector. Inflation was 2.3% during
the year. Azerbaijan's economy over the past 15 years has hit world
record-breaking rates - 3.3 times, industrial production - 2.6 times, exports -
4.7 times, currency reserves - 24 times. 250 Million Azerbaijani Economy The
dollar was invested. In the last report of the World Bank on improvement of the
investment environment as a result of radical reforms implemented, Azerbaijan
rose from the 39th level in the previous year to 25th place in 2018. 2018 is
the completion of a number of major economic projects for Azerbaijan, including
the transnational project South Gas Corridor, the successful implementation of
the Shah Deniz-2, TANAP projects, the launch of the Azerspace-2 satellite, Commerce
Port has been marked by the launch of a polypropylene plant in Sumgayit.
He also
said that reforms in the economy, along with the implementation of reforms in
the labor market and in the social sphere, were also continued. In 2018,
successful co-operation and co-operation of social partners in employment,
labor market and human resource development has been successfully continued.
Employment strategy for 2019-2030 has been adopted and an action plan has been
developed for its implementation.
S.Mohbaliyev
particularly emphasized the State Program on socio-economic development of
regions in solving employment problems. He said that last year three such
programs were implemented in the country. An integral part of these programs
was the creation of new jobs. In 2018, 238.9 new jobs were created, of which
127.4 thousand were permanent. Supporting business policies and measures to
improve the business environment have expanded opportunities for employment in
the long term. Unemployment rate in our republic today is 5%.
S.Mohbaliyev
underlined that with the active participation of trade unions some provisions
of the national legislation related to the population's employment were
updated, the Labor Code and the Code of Administrative Offenses were amended,
and the Law on Employment was adopted. The work on the reduction of
informal economy and elimination of informal employment has been continued.
Implementation of measures aimed at raising the welfare of the workers and
strengthening their social protection has also affected the generalized
indicators. Population incomes in 2018 increased by 9.2 percent.
The work
carried out by the trade unions in support of the ILO 131 convention ratified
by Azerbaijan was supported by the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan and
discussed at the meeting of the Trilateral Commission on Social and Economic
Issues, and sent proposals to the Cabinet of Ministers on amendments to the
country's legislation. Implementation of a large-scale reform package on
improving the socio-economic situation of workers in Azerbaijan in 2018
continued. The salaries of employees working in different sectors of the
economy, pensions, allowances for industrial injuries, payments to Karabakh war
invalids and martyr families, and scholarships for students of higher and
secondary specialized schools have been increased. By the decree of the President of the country
from March 1, 201, the minimum wage has been increased and brought to the
minimum consumer level as a result of the insolvency of trade unions, which
will cover 600,000 and will increase the average monthly wage by 10 percent. If
the average monthly wage for the Republic as of December 31, 2018 was 544
manats, this figure was 577 manats ($ 340) on March 1, 2019.
