A conference was held with the support of the International Labor Organization
07 Jun 2019
A conference on "Youth employment, collective bargaining and settlement of disputes" was held in Baku on June 7 with the support of the International Labor Organization and the ATUC.
Opening
the meeting, First Deputy Chairman of the ATUC, I.Aliyev, said that the youth,
the most active part of our society, are dynamic forces that form an important
part of modern society. Ensuring young people's employment is considered to be
one of the priorities of the policies of different countries and organizations.
One of the major problems facing the global financial crisis is that
unemployment among young people today is three times higher than the average
among the elderly.
In
modern conditions, young people face various problems. Young people who have a
good education and the opportunity to find a decent job are less protected,
work in low-paid and temporary jobs. Young people face great difficulties in
their transition from education to labor activity.
Currently,
35 percent of young people are unemployed in the world. Today our country has
joined the list of leading countries in the Youth Employment Network. This
initiative was supported by the UN with technical assistance from the ILO. The
State Youth Program has been adopted in our country (2017-2021) to solve
various issues related to youth, including employment problems.
Aliyev
later said that Azerbaijan trade unions
keep the focus on the development and improvement of the younger generation's
lifestyle. The ATUC Youth Council is working to protect the labor and
socio-economic rights of young people, involve trade union members in the
active trade union and organize youth.
The ATUC
Executive Committee discussed the issue of "employment of Azerbaijani
youth and position of trade unions" in May 2013 and defined the
responsibilities of the member organizations to use all the opportunities of
trade unions to ensure the employment of young people.
As we
know, The ATUC together with the
International Labor Organization, has been implementing joint projects on youth
employment in different periods. In 2014, the ILO held seminars in six regions
of the country and the final conference in Baku in the framework of the project
"Role of Trade Unions in the Field of Youth Employment". A new project
has been launched with the International Labor Organization on employment
problems in the current year. In this context, seminars on "Employment of
youth, collective bargaining and resolving disputes" were held in Guba,
Lankaran and Ganja, with participation of 30 listeners.
I.Aliyev
informed that today's conference is to summarize these seminars and to
determine the steps to be taken. The First Deputy Chairperson stressed that as
trade unions we should raise the following issues to the relevant executive
authorities and try to achieve their solution:
- carrying
out reforms in technical and vocational education and adapting to labor market
needs;
-
improve working conditions, improve the quality of jobs and youth protection;
- development
of a professional strategy.
Then,
the ILO National Coordinator for Azerbaijan, Yashar Hamzayev, also spoke on the
subject.
At the
conference, the participants discussed issues such as "The Situation of
Young People in the Labor Market and the Position of Trade Unions",
"The Importance of Settlement of Collective Disputes through Social
Dialogue", "Youth Employment", "Role of Trade Unions in the
Formation of Youth Employment Policies", "Collective Talks with the
Labor Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan and Ways of Settlement of
Disputes" speeches were presented and participants' proposals were heard.
