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Thursday, December 22, 2011
STATEMENT BY THE GENERAL CONFEDERATION OF TRADE UNIONS ON THE SITUATION IN KAZAKHSTAN
The General Confederation of Trade Unions (GCTU) representing 50 million workers is greatly concerned over the recent aggravation of developments in Kazakhstan.
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Thursday, December 1, 2011
STATEMENT BY THE GENERAL CONFEDERATION OF TRADE UNIONS ON THE INFRINGEMENT OF THE RIGHTS OF TRADE UNIONS AND WORKERS IN GEORGIA
Together with the world trade union movement, the General Confederation of Trade Unions (GCTU) expresses its serious concern over the situation in Georgia where the state authorities and employers supported by the Government keep harassing the trade unions and grossly violating workers’ fundamental rights recognized around the world. Русская версия
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Friday, September 2, 2011
GSTU STATEMENT IN CONNECTION WITH THE WORLD DAY FOR DECENT WORK 2011
On the 7th of October, 2011 the international trade union movement will for the fourth time mark the Word Day for Decent Work (WDDW). Initiated in 2008 by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) whose affiliates include a number of national trade union centers from CIS countries, this Day provides an opportunity for trade unions to lend mass support to the ILO Decent Work Agenda adopted in 1999. Русская версия.
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Thursday, August 11, 2011
STATEMENT BY THE GENERAL CONFEDERATION OF TRADE UNIONS IN CONNECTION WITH THE SITUATION AROUND THE FEDERATION OF TRADE UNIONS OF UKRAINE
The General Confederation of Trade Unions (GCTU) affiliating 10 national trade union centres and 29 industry Trade Union Internationals expresses its deep concern over the recent numerous cases of interference by state authorities in the activity of the Federation of Trade Unions of Ukraine (FPU).
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Monday, July 25, 2011
GCTU STATEMENT IN CONNECTION WITH THE TRAGIC EVENTS IN OSLO
The General Confederation of Trade Unions was deeply shocked by the news of brutal and senseless terrorist attacks in Oslo that took the lives of nearly one hundred innocent people. Русская версия
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Wednesday, May 11, 2011
PARTICIPANTS IN THE 12TH CONGRESS OF THE EUROPEAN TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
The General Confederation of Trade Unions (GCTU) representing over 50 million union members in the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) extends its warm fraternal greetings to all participants in the 12th Congress of the European Trade Union Confederation. Русская версия
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Friday, April 22, 2011
GTU MAY DAY APPEAL
The 1st of May is drawing near, the date observed annually by the world trade union movement as the International Day of Workers’ Solidarity. The main distinction of the forthcoming May Day is that it will mark 125 years since peaceful worker demonstrators were shot and killed in Chicago. It was in their memory that world workers started to observe this day.
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Thursday, April 21, 2011
STATEMENT BY THE GENERAL CONFEDERATION OF TRADE UNIONS IN CONNECTION WITH THE 100TH SESSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR CONFERENCE
GCTU General Secretary Vladimir Scherbakov sent ILO Director-General Juan Somavia the following Statement by the General Confederation of Trade Unions in Connection with the 100th Session of the International Labour Conference (1-17 June, Geneva, Switzerland) adopted by the session of the GCTU Council held 8 April 2011 in Moscow. Русская версия
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Wednesday, April 13, 2011
GCTU STATEMENT ON TERRORIST ATTACK IN MINSK
Twelve persons have been killed and over 100 injured as a result of an explosion at the Oktyabrskaya Metro station in Minsk on April 11, 2011. The Belarus Prosecutor-General's Office has classified the blast as a terrorist attack. Русская версия
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Tuesday, April 12, 2011
GCTU COUNCIL SCRUTINISES SOCIO-ECONOMIC SITUATION IN CIS
The Council of the General Confederation of Trade Unions (GCTU) met in Moscow 8 April 2011 for a session involving representatives of the national trade union centres of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan and Ukraine, and the industrial Trade Union Internationals (TUIs).