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Azerbaijan Trade Unions Confederation received the delegation of ILO

25 Jan 2016

On January 25 Chairman of Azerbaijan Trade Unions Confederation, Vice-president International Trade Unions Confederation, and Member of Parliament Sattar Mehbaliyev has received delegation of ILO headed by chairman of Transnational Corporations and Institutions Affairs Department Githa Roelanse.

Chairman of Azerbaijan Trade Unions Confederation gave the information to the guests about the history of trade unions. Sattar Mehbaliyev told that last year Azerbaijan Trade Unions celebrated its 110 years and passed several stages in its development way.
Chairman told that Azerbaijan Trade Unions collaborated with transnational organizations functioning in our country. In 25 transnational organizations functioning in Azerbaijan out of 50 formed trade unions. But serious obstacles and barriers in several multinational enterprises still exist in the forming process of trade unions. We need the assistance of the organization you represent in order to remove such negative cases.
Transnational Corporations and Institutions Affairs Department of ILO Githa Roelanse expressed her confidence that bilateral relations between Azerbaijan Trade Unions Confederation and International Labor Organization would develop hence force. She told that ILO also interested in the protection of workers social rights and they were conducting purposeful work in this direction. Mrs. Roelanse told that they would render their assistance in all raised issues.
In the meeting the sides exchanged their views on a wide range of issues.