Belkhimprofsoyuz primary organization at the "Glass fiber" in Polotsk does not wish to see in the Commission on collective bargaining with the employer representative from the Free Trade Union of Workers. Although an agreement was reached at the international seminar in the presence of the Chairman of Belkhimprofsoyuz Svetlana Klochok and Chairman of FPB Mikhail Orda.

This means that in the future is not for every worker "Fiberglass" will act in the Belarusian constitutional right to collective bargaining to protect their economic interests.

Time to fulfill the contract does not come

Chairman of primary organization Belkhimprofsoyuz employees of JSC "Polotsk-Fiberglass" Tatiana Gurova June 23 said free trade unions existing in the same enterprise, premature inclusion of a representative of the Free Trade Union of Workers in the Commission on collective bargaining with the employer. Gurova explains this decision by saying that "the Council (of the Ministry of Labour - Ed.), on improvement of legislation in the social and labor issues are not taken action on the draft Guidelines for collective bargaining at the enterprise level, where there are several trade union organizations, developed in the course of work workshop."

However, in the workshop of the International Labour Organization, which was held on May 14 in Minsk, did not raise any objections to the creation of a single trade union committee to negotiate with the employer - either by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, or from the Belkhimprofsoyuz and Federation of Trade Unions of Belarus or by employers.

Without objection, the seminar adopted the norm of the Guidelines on the "inclusion of the Commission for collective bargaining representatives of all trade union organizations acting at the enterprise by the decision of their elected officials in proportion to the number (but not less than one person), with the right of substitution."

An activist of the Free Trade Union, a factory worker "Fiberglass" Nikolai Sharah: "For us, the answer Belkhimprofsoyuz factory is not unexpected. They can not refuse to include our representative to the commission, but put additional conditions not stipulated in the international seminar. Thus, they expose themselves is not entirely trustworthy partner to the International Labour Organization."

Apologies for inaccuracy

In addition, in a letter addressed to the primary Belkhimprofsoyuz Belarusian Free Trade Union (SPB) has crept inaccuracy. It is reported that "all the members of the UPB in writing expressed their consent to be the primary trade union organization of Open Joint Stock Company" Polotsk-Fiberglass "Belkhimprofsoyuz authorized representative of their interests in collective bargaining...", which is not true. Not all members of the SPB have agreed to represent their interests Belkhimprofsoyuz. Perhaps the confusion happened because all the members of the UPB have agreed to extend to them the collective agreement for the social package, ie for employer social benefits such as payment of leave for recreation, for anniversaries and others. But it's different things - trust Belkhimprofsoyuz bargain collectively and to accept payments under the collective agreement. Chairman of factory trade union Gurova in a conversation with members of the Free Trade Union apologized for inaccuracies.

The employer keeps neutrality?

Director of JSC "Polotsk-Fiberglass" Nicholas Kochanowski in his letter to the Free Trade Union said it was ready to join "in collective bargaining with a unified representative body of the people in the organization in the face of trade unions. Therefore, the question of representation in the Commission on collective bargaining by the workers do not fall within the competence of the employer." It sounds good, but there is one fact: in all the representatives of the employer negotiating committee are members Belkhimprofsoyuz. Given this, can we assume that the employer does not affect any fundamental decisions Belkhimprofsoyuz?

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