Baku hosted subregional meeting of IndustriALL Global Union member organizations
01 Oct 2018
On October 1, subregional meeting of IndustriALL Global Union member organizations started in Baku.
Jahangir Aliyev, chairman of Azerbaijan
Oil and Gas Trade Union Republican Committee, Azerbaijan coordinator of
IndustriALL Global Union and Kamal Ozkan, Assistant General Secretary of
IndustriALL Global Union made an opening speech at the meeting.
Sattar Mohbaliyev, the chairman of Azerbaijan
Trade Union Confederation, MP also made a speech at the meeting. Upon welcoming
the attendees he thanked IndustriALL Global Union and Mr. Kamal Ozkan, Assistant
General Secretary of IndustriALL Global Union for organization of such an event
in Azerbaijan. S.Mohbaliyev gave brief information to attendees on our republic
and stated it was Azerbaijan that first gained independence in the Muslim East
announcing Azerbaijan Democratic Republic in 1918. He said the president’s
giving priority to political, economic reforms strengthened political
independence of Azerbaijan. Despite of financial and economic crises in the
world, economic measures in Azerbaijan for the recent 14 years resulted in
opening of over 1 million 900 thousand new workplaces, reduction of poverty level
to 5.4 percent, unemployment level to 5 percent, increase of salaries more than
5 times and pensions more than 8 times. 231 milliard AZN was invested in country’s
economy. Nowadays Azerbaijan is one of the biggest energy providers in the
world.
Proceeding his speech S.Mohbaliyev said:
“Surely, Azerbaijan Trade Unions’ role in achievements reached in social and
economic areas is not less significant. Azerbaijan Trade Unions emerging in the
2nd half of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th century became a real
protector of social and economic interests of workers as of its establishment
in 1904.
He stated that since its establishment ATUC has
been carrying out expert examination of socially focused laws and decisions
(resolutions), regulatory documents adopted with regard to trade union members
social benefits, and making relevant proposals. Nearly most of the proposals
that we make are defended by the country’s legislative and executive
authorities. This is why over 120 significant amendments and additions were
made to the Law “on trade unions”, codes of labour and administrative offences,
and socially focused legislative instruments upon our proposal.
