GCTU Secretary General is to Participate in the Meeting for the Council of Heads of the CIS Governments
The event will take place on May 22 in Ashgabat. The meeting agenda includes 12 issues to be discussed in both narrow and expanded formats.
The heads of government will exchange views on current issues of economic cooperation within the Commonwealth and discuss the implementation of the Interstate Cooperation Program in the field of geodesy, cartography, spatial data, geoinformation technologies, remote Earth sensing, cadastral registration, and real estate rights registration for the period up to 2026.
Viktor Pinsky, GCTU Secretary General and Deputy of the Russian State Duma, noted that one of the important issues on the agenda for the Council is the adoption of the Concept for Digital Transformation on the Mining and Metallurgical Complex of the CIS Member States and the Action Plan for its implementation. He also recalled that this issue was previously discussed at the meeting of the CIS Economic Council in April this year. The GCTU representatives participated in it.
The expanded meeting will also summarize the results of the Interstate Target Program "Reclamation of Territories of States Affected by Uranium Mining Productions" implementation. The topics would include the adoption of the CIS Congress and Exhibition Strategy until 2030, the designation of Minsk (Republic of Belarus) as the Youth Capital of the CIS in 2027, and Karaganda (Republic of Kazakhstan) in 2028, as well as other issues.
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CIS Countries Change Their Approach to Women's Labor
A roundtable discussion titled "Labor Protection for Women" was held at the CIS Headquarters with the support of the Advisory Council on Labor, Employment, and Social Protection of the Population of the CIS Member States.
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For trade unions, March 8 is not just a day of spring and renewal.
For trade unions, March 8 is not just a day of spring and renewal.
For trade unions, March 8 is not merely a day of spring and renewal. Above all, it is an opportunity to once again reflect on the role of women in the world of work and in global development as a whole. Today, women perform 55% of the world’s total labor. They work longer hours than men—by 6 to 13 hours per week—and still earn less: on average, women’s wages amount to 66–84% of men’s wages, depending on the country. There is objective evidence that the more a country values women’s labor and the smaller the gender pay gap, the more developed its economy. A special issue is the “invisibility” of women’s domestic and, as experts call it, reproductive labor. This is why trade unions should continue to fight for justice for working women.
I congratulate all women of the CIS, my colleagues in the parliamentary corps, and women in trade unions on International Women’s Day. I wish you justice, decent work, success, and prosperity!
Viktor Pinsky
General Secretary of the General Confederation of Trade Unions, Member of the State Duma
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General Confederation of Trade Unions Proposes Securing Trade Union Rights in Enterprise Bankruptcy
General Confederation of Trade Unions Proposes Securing Trade Union Rights in Enterprise Bankruptcy
The General Confederation of Trade Unions’ (GCTU) proposals are reflected in the draft CIS model law “On Cross-Border Insolvency and Bankruptcy.”
Trade unions must have the right to represent and protect workers’ interests in the bankruptcy of international companies, according to Viktor Pinsky, Member of the State Duma of the Russian Federation and General Secretary of the GCTU.