06 November, 2014
INFORMATION
On 6 November the chairman of the Confederation of Trade Unions of Armenia chairman Eduard Tumasyan met with the head of the expert group EU Program on budget support Yannis Sofianopoulos, experts Sergei Balasyanyan and Karen Martirosyan.
Issues of introduction of some elements of dual education into the vocational education system, engaging employers in this system, as well as opportunities for cooperation were discussed with the leaders of the CTUA which is a member of the National Council of the secondary vocational education
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05 November, 2014
FINANCIAL ORGANIZATIONS AND TRADE UNIONS
The PERC, in cooperation with the FGTB, organized a workshop “International Financial Institutions: labour standards in performance standards and opportunities for unions: focus on European Investment Bank” on 4 and 5 November in Brussels.
The workshop aimed at raising awareness of trade union leaders and specialists about environment and social standards of the European Investment Bank and its respective complaint mechanisms, studying experiences of the application of the complaint mechanisms.
Professor Bruno Serghi from the Messina University introduced the role and place of...
27 September, 2014
Training Seminar for the Members of the Women Network of the Confederation of Trade Unions of Armenia
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) together with the International Labour Organization (ILO) held on September 23-25, 2014 in Aghveran a workshop on Social protection conventions and collective agreements for the members of the Women Network of the Confederation of Trade Unions of Armenia. The seminar was attended by Olga Nicolae, Policy Adviser of ITIC/PERC, Brussels, Ludmila Uskova, Technical Programmes Assistant of ILO Moscow Office, Boris Kharatyan, deputy chairman of the CTUA, the chairmen of the Republican branch unions, staffers of the CTUA, the chairmen of trade union organizations.
The...
19 September, 2014
The focus of the trade unions - issues of informal economy
On September 17-19, 2014 in Yerevan at the "Congress" hotel the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) held a joint subregional seminar on the theme "The Informal Economy: Trade unions’ Actions Policy", which was attended by the representatives of the trade union centres of the CIS countries.
Chairman of the Confederation of Trade Unions of Armenia E.Tumasyan in his welcome address stressed the importance of such seminars and said that such problem also exists in...
11 July, 2014
I N F O R M A T I O N
On June 27 at a meeting of the Executive committee of the Confederation of Trade Unions of Armenia the position of the CTUA with respect to the RA Law "Funded Pensions" was discussed and it was decided to send a letter to the National Assembly and the Government of the Republic of Armenia.
On July 10 the CTUA appealed with a letter to the chairman of the National Assembly and the Prime Minister of the RA. It was mentioned that the existing social - economic situation does not provide a decent life for a large part of...
11 July, 2014
I N F O R M A T I O N
About a thousand workers of CJSC "Nairit Plant" on 10 July participated in the march to the government building and the ministry of Energy and Natural Resources of RA in order to hand in Prime Minister of RA H.Abramyan and minister E.Zakharyan a letter with demand to pay salary debts and to clarify the further fate of "Nairit" plant. The procession was held under the slogans "We demand to pay salary debts", "We demand the restoration of activities of the plant", "Nairit ...
01 May, 2014
May Day events of the Confederation of Trade Unions of Armenia
In accordance with the law of the Republic of Armenia "On holidays and commemoration days in RA" May 1 is a non-working day in the country and is celebrated as a Labour Day .
Confederation of Trade Unions of Armenia on May 1 2014 organized a procession through the central streets of the city and a meeting in front of the building of the Confederation of Trade Unions of Armenia , which was attended by numerous representatives of the branch republican unions, factories and other organizations and representatives of twenty branch republican unions ,...
