MEETING OF THE REGIONAL TRADE UNION COUNCIL "SOLIDARITY"

4/17/2013
“Solidarity meeting” in Sarajevo

On April 15th in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, was held the meeting of the Regional Trade Union Council "Solidarity".

The meeting was attended by leaders and the leadership of the trade unions in Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Macedonia. The Federation of Trade Unions of Macedonia was represented by President Dr. Zivko Mitrevski Secretary Angelko Angjelkovski, head of departments Slobodan Trendafilov and counselor Lidia Naskovska.

The meeting adopted a draft for Regional Conference on: "Stop the violations of workers' rights" and "Impact of multinational companies on trade union organizing rights", to be held in September in Banja Luka.
During the meeting, it was discussed on the situation in respect of the rights of workers, the informal economy, lack of investment, employment and other problems, and it was agreed mutual coordination and initiation of joint actions of trade unions.

The founding meeting of the Regional Trade Union Council "Solidarity" was held on 3 and 4 February 2011 in Belgrade, and on 11 April 2011 in Ljubljana, Slovenia was signed the Founding Charter. The initiator for the establishment of the "Solidarity" is the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), while the role of technical coordinator is performed by Friedrich Ebert Foundation - Regional Office in Belgrade. In RTUC "Solidarity" members are trade unions from Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Slovenia.