Lietuvos profesinė sąjunga "SOLIDARUMAS"
LPS "Solidarumas"
 
 
 
IN ENGLISH
2010 08 17
 
 
 
 
"Industrial relations in the New Member States – the reasons of the low trade union membership and its decreasing trend in relation to UE-15 countries”
National Commission of NSZZ “Solidarnosc” informs that on the 5th of July 2010 Grant Agreement was signed awarded by European Commission for project no. VS/2010/0395 titled “Industrial relations in the New Member States – the reasons of the low trade union membership and its decreasing trend in relation to UE-15 countries”.
 
 
 
Partners involved in the project are: Lithuanian Trade Union „Solidarumas”, Confederation of Christian Trade Unions (ACV-CSC) from Belgium, Confederation of Labour “Podkrepa” from Bulgaria, Democratic Confederation of Free Trade Unions (LIGA) from Hungary. Support organization is European Trade Union Confederation.
Main goals of the project:
 
·         To diagnose the downward trendof the trade union membership in the New Member States.
·         To increase the awareness and understanding of the improvement industrial relations at all levels.
·         To equip the social stakeholders involved in industrial relations in the tools facilitating the identification, prevention and solution the membership problems in companies.
 
Main activities:
 
1.       Organising an international conference on the role of trade unions in the Central and Eastern European countries in the context of the European Commission’s Report “Industrial Relation in Europe 2008” planned on 15th September 2010.
2.       To work out the expertise timing to:
diagnose the low trade union membership in the Eastern and Central Europe New Member States,
work out the directions and ways of the improvement of this phenomena,
find out the methods how to use the crisis time to effectively improve the existing industrial relations in the partners’ countries,
 work out the suggestions of the low solutions improving the industrial relations at all levels.
3.       Publication and distribution the expertise and conference materials and its electronic version translated into Partners’ languages in Hungary, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Belgium and distribution among the foreign partners' structures.
4.       Carrying out two series of round tables for Polish social partners’ experts from Tripartite Commission, aimed at working out of a list and methods for implementation in Poland with legal and social solutions improving industrial relations which are feasible for implementation in Poland.
5.       Carrying out two international seminars and a domestic one for trade union representatives from Bulgaria, Lithuania, Hungary and Poland planned on:
13-15.04.2011 in Poland for 20 participants from Poland and 4 from Bulgaria.
11-13.05.2011 in Lithuania for 14 participants from Lithuania and 10 from Poland.
15-17.06.2011 in Hungary for 14 participants from Hungary and 10 from Poland.
 
 
2009 02 05
INFORMATION ON THE NTF MEETING

The meeting of the NTF aviation section with the participation of the AirBaltic trade union representatives from the Baltic states took place in Riga on 4 February 2009.

The participants exchanged the information about the situation in SAS and AirBaltic companies,  about the trade unions operating there. It was agreed to set up the Nordic-Baltic aviation trade union network, the contact persons from the participating countries (Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania) will be appointed till the  next  meeting in April.  

 

Janina Malinovska,

NTF coordinator

2009 02 04
Extraordinary cooperation of workers and employers in the Baltic Sea Region
Press release 2. February 2009
2009 01 09
Mass protest action in Lithuania
2009-01-09 Lithuanian trade unions addressed International Trade Union Confederation, European Trade Union Confederation, Baltic Trade Union Network, asking for  international  solidarity.
2008 12 29
On the programme of the 15th government

On 12 October 2008 in Lithuania the elections to the parliament took place. The elections were won by the conservative–liberals‘ party that makes the majority in the Seimas (parliament). They formed the government that presented the State anti-crisis programme. The Lithuanian trade unions met the representatives of the new government and Prime Minister Mr.A.Kubilius. During the meeting it was promised to the trade unions that all labour and social issues will be solved with the help of the active social dialogue. The LPS „Solidarumas“ widely discussed the government anti-crisis programme and presented the notes. Also the trade unions organized the picket at the Seimas as the programme had been confirmed in a hurry without taking into consideration the opinion of the social partners as it had been promised during the meeting.
2008 12 29
On the situation in the JSC “YARA LIETUVA”
On 27 November 2008 at 9.00 a.m. general director of the JSC „YARA Lietuva“ operating in Kėdainiai Žydrūnas Matusevičius invited the trade union committee to his Office and informed chairperson Rimantas Urbonavičius and the committee that from that very day the shareholders have decided to stop the production completely because the enterprise is commercially not perspective. It means to dismiss 128 workers some of whom having several decades of the service at that enterprise.
2008 12 18
The Lithuanian transport trade unions Forum organized the picket at the government of the Republic of Lithuania 
The Lithuanian transport trade unions Forum organized the picket at the government of the
Republic of Lithuania in Vilnius on 16 December 2008 with the aim to draw the attention of
the government and the society to the problems related to the transport sector in the
conditions of the economic and financial crisis. The Forum protests against the decisions
of the new right-wing government to increase taxes, thus decreasing the income of people
and affordability of public transport. Trade unions expressed their protest against
privatization of the Lithuanian railway and urged to start the negotiations on branch
agreement in the sector.
The mass media coverage was positive and the written demands were presented to the
government.
2008 10 14
Picket at the ministry of transport of the Republic of Lithuania
   On 8 October 2008 from 10 a.m. till the noon the Lithuanian trade union „Solidarumas“ and the Cabin Crew trade union of the JSC „Lietuvos avialinijos“ organized the picket at the ministry of transport aiming to draw the attention of the society to the fact that the government is planning to adopt the decision resulting in considerable deterioration of the working conditions of the civil aviation employees as well as flight safety, health of the employees and it would make legal 60 hours working week in Lithuania.
2008 10 10
7 October – the International Decent Work Day
The Lithuanian trade unions – the Lithuanian trade union confederation, Lithuanian trade union „Solidarumas“, Lithuanian labour federation together with the international community marked the Decent Work Day organizing the  Conference on "Decent work – decent life" in Vilnius on 7 October with the aim to discuss the situation on the Lithuania‘s labour market, possibility to create qualitative and attractive jobs, to ensure decent life and pension for the workers.
2008 04 10
EuroDEMO
2008-04-05 Delegation of the Lithuanian Trade Union Solidarumas took part in the Eurodemonstration in Liubliana.
1 2
Paieška tinklapyje

   
Mūsų nariai:
 Vilniaus profesinė
sąjunga "Solidarumas"

Mūsų nariai:
 Valstybinių ir privačių
įmonių profesinė sąjunga

Laikraštis internete
„Solidarumas“

LPS "Solidarumas" yra
Tarptautinės laisvų profesinių sąjungų konfederacijos: www.ituc-csi.org ir Europos profesinių sąjungų konfederacijos www.etuc.org narė.
© LPS "Solidarumas" 2006 Visos teisės saugomos