27 April, 2018

Appeal by the Confederation of Trade Unions of Armenia in Connection With the Day of International Workers’ Solidarity 1 May

  Dear friends,

  The Confederation of Trade Unions of Armenia congratulates  on the occasion of Labor Day  and  confirms  its commitment to the principles of decent work and determination to strengthen the international solidarity of the people of labor.

According to the tradition, on that day  trade unions appeal to  solidarity and unity in order to establish   social  justice and to implement   the principles of  decent work.

On May 1, 2018  Workers' Solidarity Day is celebrated  all over the world, even in the conditions of political and economic tense and unstable events.

Such situation is also being watched  in Armenia now, where there is a decline in employees'  income and socio-economic indexes, resulting in poverty and unemployment, particularly among young people. Therefore, it is not surprising that on  these days Armenian youth stands for the  improvement of the existing socio-political, economic and moral-psychological situation.

The  CTUA hopes that the events taking place in Yerevan and in the regions of the country will not cross the line of peaceful actions, so it calls for restraint and commitment  to the spirit of national solidarity.

  The CTUA  believes that  existing problems should be solved solely  by the unconditional implementation of the laws of the Republic of Armenia.

 On the occasion of Labor Day the CTUA  once again congratulates trade union members, all workers, wishes  everyone a decent job for the benefit  of Armenia.

Eduard Tumasyan

President

Confederation of Trade Unions of Armenia

25 April, 2018

The Сonfederation of Trade Unions of Armenia Сommemorates the Victims of the Armenian Genocide 1915

On April 24, 2018, the Confederation of Trade Unions of Armenia visited Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex and laid a wreath to the eternal fire, honoring the memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Turkey in 1915.   ...

02 November, 2017

The first meeting of the Auditing Commission of the CTUA

  On November 2, 2017 the first after the IV congress of the Confederation of Trade Unions of Armenia meeting of the Auditing Commission of the CTUA was held. The meeting was chaired by the Deputy chairman of the CTUA Khachik Arakelyan. 13 of 19 members of the commission, formed at the IV Congress of the CTUA, took part in the meeting. The agenda included the election of the chairman and deputy chairmen of the Auditing Commission.
  Before the election the Deputy chairman of the CTUA Khachik Arakelyan thanked the chairman of the Auditing Commission Araksya Avakyan and the members of the commission for conscientious work.
  Manuk Manukyan, deputy chairman of the trade union organization of CJSC "Electric Networks of Armenia" was elected Chairman of the Auditing Commission, Mariam Gasparyan, chief accountant of the Branch republican union of professional organizations of public utilities and service workers of RA and Vahan Vardanyan, chairman of the central territorial trade union organization of the Branch republican union of professional organizations of education and science workers of RA.

23 October, 2017

Optimization problems in focus

On October 19-20 in Tsaghkadzor in the Tsaghkaovit hotel the Training and Research Center of the Confederation of trade unions of Armenia with the support of the Pan-European Regional Council organized a seminar "Optimization issues, its features and social consequences". The opening speech was made by the chairman of the CTUA Eduard Tumasyan. He presented the program issues adopted at the IV Congress of the CTUA and the activities of the CTUA to optimize trade unions. The seminar was attended by the representatives of the branch republican unions of trade union organizations of education...

07 October, 2017

STATEMENT
of the IV Congress of the Confederation of Trade Unions of Armenia
on the occasion of the World Day for Decent Work

 On October 7 trade unions around the world mark the World Day for Decent Work. They try to draw the attention of their governments and employers to the need for creating healthy and safe working environment, to fair wages and social protection issues, for developing a system of social dialogue and social partnership and for providing workers with guarantees to freely exercise their rights.
  Decent work means not only the creation of jobs, but also the improvement of working conditions and decent remuneration for it. These are the key issues in the activity of the Confederation of Trade Unions of Armenia.
 This year the Confederation of Trade Unions of Armenia stands under the slogans "Decent Work", "Fair Wages", "Social Dialogue in the Relationship Between Employer and Employee" and "Development of Sustainable Social Partnership".
 The CTUA stands against poverty, unemployment, social polarization and migration, which undermine the conception, role and value of decent work.
  The Confederation of Trade Unions of Armenia will continue to raise the issues of adopting legal acts related to the minimum wage, determining the composition and structure of the minimum consumer basket and indexation of the minimum wage.
 The CTUA together with the branch republican unions will consistently implement the idea of decent work, which implies a decent reward for labor, a healthy and safe working environment that will help ensure the well-being of workers and their families.

07 October, 2017

IV Congress of the Confederation of Trade Unions of Armenia

  On 6 October 2017 the 4th Сongress of the Confederation of Trade Unions of Armenia was held in Yerevan.   The Chairman of the CTUA Eduard Tumasyan presented a report on CTUA activity in between the III and IV  congresses and dwelt on its main results.   Report of the Auditing Commission of the CTUA  was presented to the congress by its chairman Araksya Arakelyan.   The chairmen of the trade unions organizations of the Academy of Sciences of the RA K.Mikayelyan, CJSC Yerevan brewery "Kilikia" A.Sarkisyan, CJSC "Electric...

06 July, 2017

MEETING IN CTUA

  On July 4, the deputy chairman of CTUA Khachik Arakelyan, welcomed the chairman of the council of the Solidarity trade union of the Podlaskie Voivodeship of Poland, member of the National Commission, deputy chairman of the European Centre for Workers’ Questions (EZA – Europäisches Zentrum für Arbeitnehmerfragen) Jósef Mozolewski and the coordinator of the program “STRONG Civil Society Organisations for Stronger Armenia” Iren Danielyan.   During the meeting, Mr. Josef Mozolewsky introduced the history of the Polish Solidarity trade union and...