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GCTU GETS NEW MEMBER-ORGANISATION

The meeting of the Council of the General Confederation of Trade Unions (GCTU) held in Moscow 12 April 2019 considered the application of the Kazakhstan Confederation of Labour (KCL) for affiliation with the GCTU. Having heard the report on the outcome of the special GCTU mission that had visited Kazakhstan to study the issue on the spot, the Council decided to grant the request.

GCTU EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE SCRUTINISES RATIFICATION OF ILO CONVENTIONS

The Executive Committee of the General Confederation of Trade Unions (GCTU) gathered in Moscow for a regular meeting 11 April 2019. High on its agenda was the issue of ratification and compliance with ILO conventions in the countries of the GCTU affiliates.

STATEMENT BY THE GENERAL CONFEDERATION OF TRADE UNIONS ON THE CENTENARY OF THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION

This year, the international community and, above all, the world of labour are widely observing the Centenary of the International Labour Organisation, the only UN tripartite body where governments, employers and employees represented by trade unions cooperate on an equal basis.

APPEAL BY THE GENERAL CONFEDERATION OF TRADE UNIONS ON THE DAY OF INTERNATIONAL WORKERS’ SOLIDARITY MAY 1

The Executive Committee of the General Confederation of Trade Unions (GCTU), meeting in Moscow 11 April 2019, calls on the GCTU member organisations, all working people in the Newly Independent States to observe the 1st of May on a wide scale as the Day of International Workers' Solidarity.

SEASON'S GREETINGS AND BEST WISHES FOR THE NEW YEAR!

PARTICIPANTS IN THE 4TH WORLD CONGRESS OF THE INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION

Dear Brothers and Sisters, 

TOGETHER, LET US TURN HUMAN RIGHTS INTO EVERYDAY REALITY!

10 December 2018 marks 70 years since the UN General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. For the first time in history, this unique international legal instrument recorded a set of fundamental rights of every inhabitant of the Earth - political, civil, social, cultural and economic ones.

STATEMENT BY THE GENERAL CONFEDERATION OF TRADE UNIONS IN CONNECTION WITH THE WORLD DAY FOR DECENT WORK 7 OCTOBER 2018

On the 7th of October, 2018, the world trade union movement will mark the eleventh World Day for Decent Work (WDDW).

STATEMENT BY THE GCTU’ 8th CONGRESS ON THE RATIFICATION AND OBSERVANCE OF ILO CONVENTIONS

The 8th Congress of the General Confederation of Trade Unions expresses concern at the socio-economic development in the region’s countries hit by an economic slowdown resulting from the global crisis and aggravated by a worsening geopolitical situation. The social price of anti-crisis measures taken in recent years, and economic, political and legislative transformations has almost everywhere been exorbitantly high. The legal and social protection of working people has decreased, their real incomes have dropped dramatically, the number of unemployed has risen, and even those who have a job do not always manage to secure themselves a decent standard of living.

GCTU HOLDS CONGRESS IN MOSCOW

The 8th Congress of the General Confederation of Trade Unions (GCTU) took place in Moscow’s Palace of Labour 12 September 2017. Attending the event were 131 delegates from the national trade union centres of the Newly Independent Sates and the industrial Trade Union Internationals (TUIs) representing about 50 million organised workers, and also guests from the ITUC, leading CIS bodies, the business community, and the press.