A web meeting of the Coordinating Committee of the Pan-European Regional Council was held
08 Dec 2020
The Coordinating Committee of the Pan-European Regional Council (PERC) held an online meeting on December 8.
ATUC
Chairman, MP, Vice President of the International Trade Union Confederation and
the Pan-European Regional Council Sattar Mohbaliyev attended the event on the
ZOOM platform.
Speaking
about the socio-economic situation in the member states during the coronavirus
pandemic and the activities of trade unions, the ATUC chairman said that the
coronavirus pandemic has become a dangerous problem not only for human health,
but also for workers' labor rights, principles of work and sources of income.
Since
the discovery of the coronavirus infection in Azerbaijan, President Ilham
Aliyev has begun to take large-scale social support measures and take serious
measures to minimize the negative impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the
population. A special action plan has been developed, as a result of which the
implementation of measures for employment and social security of the population
has begun.
The ATUC
chairman said that due to the current situation, special attention is paid to
the unjustified layoffs, their prevention and protection of jobs.
He noted
that one of the priorities of the measures taken to combat this was to expand
employment opportunities. Due to the pandemic, a lump sum payment of 190 manat
was launched under the support mechanism for more than 600,000 people, and the
process continues today. According to the relevant instructions and orders of
the President, the government has allocated 600 million manat, which is aimed
at providing employment and social support to 2.5 million citizens.
According
to the chairman of the confederation, a total of 910,000 employees in the
public sector and 719,000 in the private sector were provided with employment.
The
chairman stressed that a task force set up by the Azerbaijan Trade Unions
Confederation is doing important work in the fight against the pandemic. Trade
unions identify employees, as well as families belonging to vulnerable groups,
and provide them with financial and other support. In addition, 448,000 manat
was transferred to the Coronavirus Support Fund, 200,000 manat to the
Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, 205,000 manat to the Heydar Aliyev Foundation's
Regional Development Public Union and 10,000 manat to the Nakhchivan Autonomous
Republic Trade Unions.
In
general, during the fight against coronavirus, Azerbaijani trade unions spent
5,372,558 manat in this direction. During this period, trade unions pay special
attention to the observance of sanitary and hygienic norms in enterprises and
organizations, the prevention of mass layoffs, and the timely payment of wages.
I think that the trade unions will continue to
take important steps to improve the situation of their members and protect
their labor rights.
