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President Zivko Mitrevski PhD: SSM received full membership in the International trade union family Federation of Trade Unions of Macedonia is admitted as a full member of the ITUC. Today the Federation of Trade Unions of Macedonia celebrates this historic day, said President of SSM Zivko Mitrevski PhD at solemn session of the Council of SSM on 29 October.. The Council meeting was attended by Minister of Labour and Social Policy Dime Spasov, Minister of Defence Talat Xhaf- eri, President of the Economic Chamber of Macedonia Branko Azeski, President of the Organization of Employers Angel Dimitrov, President of the Association of Pensioners of Macedonia Dragi Argirovski, honorary President of KSS Dojčin Cvetanovski, President of KSS Jakim Nedelkov , prof. Dr. Todor Kalamatiev and MsC Aleksandar Ristovski of the Faculty of Law, Heinz Bongartz of Foundation "Friedrich Ebert", President of the Business Confederation of Macedonia Mile Boškov, Macedonian OHS Association Milan Petrovski and representatives of other organizations. Greetings for the admission were sent by President of Republic of Macedonia Gjorge Ivanov and Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, as well as by ITUC General Secretary Sharan Burrow and Deputy General Secretary Jaap Wienen. In SSM was also held a press conference at which President Zivko Mitrevski said: MONTHLY BULLETIN SSM MEMBER OF ITUC Publication of Trade Unions of Macedonia Monthly issue No 22 October 2013 Federation of Trade Unions of Macedonia of9icially celebrated the reception in the International Confederation of Trade Unions with a solemn session of the Council on October 29

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  • PresidentZivkoMitrevskiPhD:SSMreceivedfullmembershipintheInternationaltradeunionfamily

    Federation of Trade Unions of Macedonia is admitted as a full member of the ITUC. Today the Federation of Trade Unions

    of Macedonia celebrates this historic day, said President of SSM Zivko Mitrevski PhD at solemn session of the Council of

    SSM on 29 October..

    The Council meeting was attended by Minister of Labour and Social Policy Dime Spasov, Minister of Defence Talat Xhaf-

    eri, President of the Economic Chamber of Macedonia Branko Azeski, President of the Organization of Employers Angel

    Dimitrov, President of the Association of Pensioners of Macedonia Dragi Argirovski, honorary President of KSS Dojčin

    Cvetanovski, President of KSS Jakim Nedelkov , prof. Dr. Todor Kalamatiev and MsC Aleksandar Ristovski of the Faculty of

    Law, Heinz Bongartz of Foundation "Friedrich Ebert", President of the Business Confederation of Macedonia Mile Boškov,

    Macedonian OHS Association Milan Petrovski and representatives of other organizations.

    Greetings for the admission were sent by President of Republic of Macedonia Gjorge Ivanov and Prime Minister Nikola

    Gruevski, as well as by ITUC General Secretary Sharan Burrow and Deputy General Secretary Jaap Wienen.

    In SSM was also held a press conference at which President Zivko Mitrevski said:

    MONTHLY

    BULLETIN

    SSM MEMBER OF ITUC

    P u b l i c a t i o n o f T r a d e Un i o n s o f M a c e d o ni a M o n t h l y i s s u e N o 2 2 O c t o b e r 20 1 3

    Federation of Trade Unions of Macedonia of9icially celebrated the reception in the

    International Confederation of Trade Unions with a solemn session of the Council on October 29

  • “Federation of Trade Unions of Macedonia in 2011 became associate member of ITUC and today we are received the full mem-

    bership in the International trade union family. This recognition is historic as it happens in terms of world economic, 9inancial

    and debt crisis where trade union recognitions are really rare”.

    International Trade Union leadership closely followed all activities of the new SSM leadership and was able to recognize ration-

    al reforms and modernized institutional trade union methods and strategies. Creating of the new contemporary trade union posi-

    tion of a relevant social partner, creation of new social dialogue and the results veri9ied in labor legislation, its improvement in-

    stead of reducing, adoption of several historical laws in most dif9icult circumstances such as the Minimum Wage Law, the Law on

    European Workers Councils and the Law against Mobbing were seen by ITUC as well as SSM’s efforts for their adoption. Just as

    they could not miss the implementation of 19 Directives in the Labor Law that dramatically improve the position of the the vul-

    nerable groups such as youth, women, pregnant women, information and consultation, the elimination of discrimination etc. In

    this period increased international standards, over 8 ILO Conventions were rati9ied, increased the number of bene9icial jobs etc.

    Integrating SSM in the ITUC is a con9irmation of our ability in achieving the commitments and actions to create conditions and

    normative foundation for improving the economic and social work and legal status of workers - our members, for improving of

    living standards and quality of life and the willingness of SSM for mutual respect and tolerance and broad involvement in imple-

    mentation of the Common strategic goals and objectives.

    SSM’s admission in ITUC is con9irmation of the well institutionalized social dialogue in Macedonia legitimated by the new

    agreement for the establishment of the Economic and Social Council in August 2010 and by the latest initiatives and signed agree-

    ments on establishment of local economic and social councils.

    SSM’s admission is con9irmation of the well established social dialogue with the Government and employers who searched for

    exit from the crisis in the new economic policies instead in restrictions, reduced labor rights, layoffs and increased pension limits,

    which is present not only in our neighborhood, but throughout most of Europe and the world.

    The membership of SSM in ITUC means improved and intensi9ied cooperation with other members and increased coordination

    and effective implementation of joint activities particularly focused on solving problems of economic and social nature such as

    unemployment and the need to increase employment (of youth in particular), determining the minimum social protection and

    construction of comprehensive systems of social security, which is in conformity with the ILO standards on social Justice for a

    Fair Globalization, achieved as a result of global tripartite consensus reached by the 185 member states of the ILO, which stresses

    interconnectedness and mutual support on employment, social protection , social dialogue and labor rights, i.e. the 4 strategic

    objectives of the Decent Work Program.

    2

    GuestsontheCouncil:MinisterofLabourandSocialPolicyDimeSpasov,MinisterofDefence

    TalatXhaferi,PresidentoftheEconomicChamberofMacedoniaBrankoAzeski,

    PresidentoftheOrganizationofEmployersAngelDimitrov

  • 3

    AGREEMENT IN ESTABLISHING LOCAL ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL IN GAZI BABA

    SSM’sleadershipheldapressconference:ITUCmembershipwillintensifyinternationalcooperation

    As a member of the ITUC, SSM expects 9low of information and communication for promotion of labor standards, rule of law and harmonization of national legislation with the EU acquis. Participation of SSM representatives in the work and decisions of ITUC

    bodies will be useful, as well as intense involvement in the institutions of social dialogue for detecting, monitoring and delegation

    of certain problems and issues of concern to workers and minimizing and overcoming possible consequences and risks to their

    economic, social, working and legal status.

    International Trade Union Confederation - ITUC is the world's largest trade union organization. It was established on 1 Novem-

    ber 2006 at the Founding Congress in Vienna with the uni9ication of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU)

    and the World Confederation of Labour (WCL). The Second ITUC Congress was held in Vancouver, Canada, in June 2010.

    International Trade Union Confederation - ITUC represents 176 millions of workers in 156 countries and territories, with 325

    national trade unions.

    On 1st November in Gazi Baba was signed an Agreement establishing Local Economic and Social Council of the Municipality

    of Gazi Baba. The Agreement was signed by the mayor Toni Trajkovski, President of SSM Zivko Mitrevski PhD, President of OEM

    Angel Dimitrov and Zoran Antovski of KSS.

    The signing is a historic act for the municipality of Gazi Baba, as well as for all municipalities and entities involved in the so-

    cial dialogue. Social dialogue in Macedonia intensively developes since 2010 being important tool of social consensus, which is

    the primary means of overall social development of our country - said at the signing President Zivko Mitrevski. It is important

    that social dialog and the establishment of local and economic Councils (LESC) comes at a time of global economic crisis and

    Republic of Macedonia as an example of development and institutionalization of social dialogue.

    President Mitrevski said that SSM on May Day this year launched a campaign to establish LES Councils. Gazi Baba is 9irst munici-

    pality in Skopje with established LESC, which is an additional strategic element that will affect everyday life especially in terms

    of programs for retraining and quali9ication and job creation especially among young people.

    In the Mayor's Of9ice - Gazi Baba is the 9irst municipality in Skopje with established Local economic and social council

    Mayor Toni Trajkovski said the formation of LESC will have great bene9its for all parties. Gazi Baba is municipality with many

    economic structures and labor relations have special importance. LESC will be a serious tool for mutual exchange of information

    between local government, trade unions and employers, as well as a place to talk about problems. In the work of the LESC will

    be involved the Employment Agency, NGOs, university and high school students, pensioners and other associations - explained

    Trajkovski.

  • SigningoftheAgreementinMunicipalityGaziBabaAngel Dimitrov, President of the Organisation of Employers, said the social partners in Macedonia are on the right track in

    development and institutionalization of social dialogue. It seems that everyone understood the essence of social dialogue. LESC

    is a tool for resolving con9licts and achieving solutions.

    In SSM delegation, made of Angelko Angjelkovski, Secretary General of SSM and secretary of RTUO Skopje Cvetkoski Jovan,

    was also president of Trade Union of Chemistry, Metals and Non-metals Zoran Mironovski whose parent company Alkaloid is

    located in Gazi Baba. Mironovski said that given the fact that most companies are located in the municipality operating of LESC

    will have special meaning. It would be good decisions to have binding character. KSS representative Zoran Antovski said the

    formation of LESC is the right direction for cooperation between the three parties.

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    SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC COUNCIL’S SESSION On 1.11.2013 was held

    a session of the Social

    and Economic Council

    agreed between the

    social partners at the

    request of SSM regard-

    ing the amendments

    to the Labor Law and

    invalidity of the terms

    of cancellation for

    personal reasons and

    changes about possi-

    bility of using addi-

    tional 3 months at the

    request of the worker

    on maternity leave.

    The session reviewed

    applications submit-

    ted by OEM and initi-

    ated by several com-

    panies.

    Regarding the amend-

    ments to the Labor

    Law on obsolescence,

    the trade union standpoint was that it was too long and that distinction is not made regarding the invalidity of dismissal for

    personal reasons and reasons regarding guilt. Corrections should be made by amendment plan.

    Regarding the other points trade unions expressed the view that certain issues should be analyzed and some suggestions

    that meant concessions from labor legislation were rejected.

    The meeting of the Social and Economic Council was attended by President of SSM Zivko Mitrevski PhD and President of

    SIER Pece Ristevski.

  • PresidentZivkoMitrevskiPhDchronologicallypresentedthedevelopment

    ofsocialdialoguesince2010andSSMactivitiesOn 18 October in Zagreb was held the Fourth Regional Roundtable on Social Dialogue in South East Europe.

    Theconferencewasattendedbyrepresentativesofgovernments,ministriesoflaborandsocialpolicy,tradeunionsandem-

    ployers.ThegatheringanalyzedsocialdialogueandchangesinlaborlegislationinthecountriesofSoutheastEurope.

    Onthesetopicsandcurrentsituations in thecountryaddressedMinisterofLabourandSocialPolicyofMacedoniaDime

    Spasov, President of Business Confederation of Macedonia Mile Boškov, President of SSM Zivko Mitrevski PhD. The

    roundtablediscussedonvariousexamplesontheseissuesthatmovetowardreducingofthelevelofsocialdialogueand-lexi-

    bilizationofemploymentandworkingtime.

    Unlike the commonpractice,Republic ofMacedoniawasmentionedas an exampleof successfullydevelopedprocessof

    socialdialogue,especiallysince2010,ascountrywithnotedpositiveexamplesintheareaofimprovementof laborlegisla-

    tion.BythePresidentofSSMDr.ZivkoMitrevskiexposurewasshownthisprocess,theactivitiesareorganizedbytheFeder-

    ationofTradeUnionsofMacedonia.PresidentZivkoMitrevskiPhDchronologicallypresentedthedevelopmentofsocialdia-

    loguesince2010andtheactivitiesoftheFederationofTradeUnionsofMacedonia.

    ROUNDTABLEONSOCIALDIALOGUEINSOUTHEASTEUROPE

    5

    NEGOTIATIONSONTHEGCAFORPUBLICSECTORANDGCAFORPRIVATE

    SECTORINTHEAREAOFECONOMYAREONGOING

    On9thOctober in theMinistryof Labor

    andSocialPolicyameetingoftheWork-

    ing Group on CGA for the public sector

    was held. During the meeting it was

    discussedontheopenissuesthatshould

    beharmonizedbythesocialpartners.

    OnOctober8,intheFederationofTrade

    Unions of Macedonia a meeting of the

    Workinggroupsregardingtheharmoni-

    zation in the amendments of GCA for

    private sector in the area of economy

    washeld.

  • During the meeting a press confer-

    ence was held on which the execu-

    tive chairman of the Business Con-

    federation of Macedonia, Mile Bos-

    kov said that the basis of any com-

    promiseisdialogueandunderstand-

    ing.

    Lidija Naskovska, advisor for pro-

    jectsandEUintegrationinSSMsaid

    thatoneof thekeyobjectivesof the

    project is to introducegoodpractic-

    es in order to increase the role of

    workers indecision-making inMac-

    edonia.

    It is obvious that the interest of so-

    cial dialogue in Macedonia is great

    and it encourages European Union

    accession. The interest is evident in

    all social partners - trade unions,

    employers and government, noted

    AnzeHirschlfromtheAssociationof

    EmployersofSlovenia.

    FromtheAssociationofFreeTradeUnionsofSloveniawasspeakingAndrejZorka,whonotedthattheprogressontheseissues

    isactuallyopeninganotherimportantwayforfasterEUintegration,provedbytheexampleofSlovenia.

    TheRegionalProject"WIM–InclusionofworkersforbetterandsustainablemanagementofenterprisesinSlovenia,Macedo-

    nia,MontenegroandSerbia"beganonFebruary5,2013andisstillongoing.Partnersintheprojectaretradeunionsandemploy-

    ers'organizationsfromMacedonia,Slovenia,Serbia,MontenegroandAustria,whiletheprojectwasrealizedwiththesupportof

    theEuropeansocialpartner"BUSINESSEUROPE".

    6

    WORKSHOPONTHEWORKERSINCLUSIONIN

    DECISION-MAKINGINCOMPANIES

    SSM ORGANIZED A PANEL DEBATE ON THE

    LAW ON HEALTH AND SAFETY AT WORK

    TheLawsarenot theonly framework in the

    area of health and safety at work; equally

    important are the practical experience and

    positive examples of enterprises. Therefore

    weareheretolistendiverseexamplesandto

    enrich sharedexperienceswith apurpose to

    upgrade the system for health and safety

    (OHS).

    Thisispartoftheintroductoryremarksofthe

    GeneralSecretaryofSSMAngjelkoAngjelkov-

    ski o the panel debate "Good examples of

    implementation of the Law on Safety and

    HealthatWork"organizedbySSMandFoun-

    dation"FriedrichEbert"on22thOctober.

    TheGeneralSecretaryoftheCouncilofSSMAngjelkoAngjelkovski

    (inthemiddle)presentedtheviewsofSSM

    Theinvolvementofemployeesindecisionmakinginenterprisesmeanslegitimacyandtrans-

    parency in companies aswellasproviding stable relations inworkenvironmentsbut also in

    societyingeneral.ThisisoneoftheconclusionsoftheWorkshop"Inclusionofworkersforbet-

    terandsustainablemanagementcompaniesinMacedonia"thatwasheldinSSMon17October.

    Theworkshopispartoftheregionalproject"WIM"whosegoalsincludeinclusionofemploy-

    ees in decision-making in companies identifying the situation in theMember States,meeting

    withexistingregulations,encouragingworkersandemployersformore-lexiblewaysofwork-

    ing.

    The workshop reviewed different experiences and European legislation

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    CONFERENCEONMINIMUMWAGE

    PresidentofSIER,PeceRistovski(secondfromtheleft)saidthattheminimumwageis

    extremelyimportantcategoryandshouldbecontinuouslymonitored

    OnOctober17thinthehotel"HolidayInn"inSkopje,aconferencetitled"PoliticsforminimumwageinMacedoniaanditsinitial

    acknowledgement"washeldorganizedbytheInternationalLaborOrganizationandtheEconomic-SocialCouncilofMacedonia.

    Ontheconferencethecurrentsituationandtrendsregardingminimumwageintheworldandinthecountrywasdiscussed.

    On this conference,despite ILOexperts, representativesof theMinistryofLaborandSocialPolicy , the three tradeunions-

    SSM,KSSandUNASMwerepresentawsellasbothemployers'organizationsORMandtheBusinessConfederationandrepresent-

    ativesofotherorganizationsandinstitutions.

    IntheintroductoryspeechthepresidentoftheSIERPeceRistovski,whoisalsoamemberoftheEconomic-SocialCouncilhas

    notedthatSSMhasalwaysfoughtandcontinuesto-ightfortherealizationofadecentminimumwage.Itisanimportantcategory

    andshouldbefollowedincontinuitybecausetheminimumwageisthestartingpointfordeterminingthesalariesinthecountry.

    InhispresentationSlobodanTrenda-ilov,HeadofDepartmentsinSSM,saidthatfortheFederationofTradeUnionsofMacedo-

    niathewagepolicy,i.e.regulationofwagesbylawandcollectiveagreements,theirdurationandregularityofpaymentisofpri-

    maryimportance.

    Therepresentativeofthe"FriedrichEbert"Foundation,MilanZivkovicsaidthatthegoalsandviewsoftheFoundationand

    thetradeunionsalmostcoincide.TheFoundation"FriedrichEbert"hasorganizednumerousseminars,roundtablesandoth-

    ermeetingswiththeuniontacklingsafetyandhealthissues.

    AgimShaqiri,representativeoftheMinistryofLaborandSocialPolicysaidthatOHShasdevelopedintoacultureinthe

    laborenvironmentinMacedonia.OHSinMacedoniahasalonghistory,since1946andin2001wehaveenteredthestageof

    universalaccess,i.e.adoptionofEuropeanstandards.Thelawwasenactedin2007andthefollowingregulationshavebeen

    adopted:BasicFrameworkDirective391andadditional11Europeandirectives.TheLawisagoodbasisforadoptionofoth-

    ersublegalactsandweareontherighttrackinthefurthercreationofagoodlegalOHSsystem.

    OnbehalfoftheOrganizationofEmployerswasspeakingJasnaMishevskawhoemphasizedthatOHSisoneofthemain

    prioritiesofORM.Wemusttakecareofouradjustmentsinordertoachievegreatersafetyintheworkplace.

    During the panel discussion presentations had Darko Tasev and Tanja Midzovska representatives from the company

    "ImperialTobacco",IvanAngelovrepresentativefrom"CementarnicaUsje"JSCSkopjeandDijanaRadevskaTrpovskarepre-

    sentativefrom"DASSEngineering"-Ohrid.

    AtpaneldebateaninitiativetoawardNationalAwardforgoodOHSpracticeswasraised.

    TheFederationofTradeUnionshasbeenpayingparticularattentiontoissuesofsafetyandhealthatwork.Wehavebeen

    maximallyactivebeforeandaftertheadoptionoftheLawonSafetyandHealthatWorkandtheadoptionofadditionalregu-

    lations.SpecialattentionhasbeenplacedontheselectionofOSHrepresentatives inenterprises. It isagoodmannerthat

    tradeunionparticipatesinthechoiceandinthisdirectionde-icienciesincompanieswhichhavenotformedtradeunions

    haveshown.EmployersshouldbeawarethatcannotavoidtheimplementationofOSHstandardsandthatwouldbeabene-

    -ittoall.Itisbesttoactpreventivelyinordertoreducesideeffectssuchasinjuriesatwork,stressedAngjelkovski.

    AtthemeetingpositivepracticesfromseveralMacedoniancompanieshavebeenpresented.

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    TheDeputyMinisterofLaborandSocialAffairsIbrahimIbrahimisaidthatwhentheLawonminimumwagewasadopted

    thecomparativeanalysesinotherEuropeancountriesweretakenintoconsideration.

    On the conference presentations had Daniel Vaughan - Whitehed and Reiko Cushima, ILO representatives.

    OntheconferencewasspeakingMirjanaAleksievska,representativefromtheMinistryofLaborandSocialPolicyandNikica

    Mojsoska-Blazhevski,deanoftheFacultyofEconomicsatthe"AmericanCollege"-Skopje.

    PANEL DEBATE ON PREVENTION OF MONEY LAUNDERING

    OntheoccasionofWorldSavingsDay-October31,TradeUnionFinancialAffairsofMacedoniayesterdayinSSMorga-

    nizeddebateintheareaofpreventionofmoneylaundering.Morespeci-ically,thesubjectofdiscussionwastreatmentof

    con-idential informationwith respect to the legalprovisions contained in theLawagainstmoney laundering andother

    proceedsofcrimeandterrorist-inancing,BankingLawandtheLawonProtectionofPersonalData.

    Theissueofbusinesssecretsisofgreatinterestinthescienti-icandprofessionalcommunity.Inasituationwhere-inan-

    cial institutions are -ighting for each customer, the treatment of con-idential information creates many dilemmas and

    problems.Inthisareaanybankmustbeverycarefulorotherwiseitcanhappencon-identialinformationtobeturnedinto

    apublicsecret.

    Whatdilemmascommonlyariseinthe-ieldofstorageofcon-identialinformationandexchangeofinformationwiththe

    competentauthorities?TheforumspeakerswereDr.GoceTrajkovskiasmoderatorwhoexplainedtheLawagainstmoney

    laundering,IskraIvanovskawhichspokeoftheLawonBanksandAnitaTomevskadiscussedFATCA.Followingquestions

    anddilemmaswerereviewed:

    How to obtain ormaintain customer’s con-idence knowing that by law their personal havedata to be transferred to

    stateauthorities?Shouldtherebeexchangeofdataonlyintermsofprotectionagainstcreditriskorintermsofdepositsas

    well?WhatattitudetotakeregardingtheinfamousFATCA(ForeignAccountTaxComplianceAct),whenitisknownthat

    muchricherandmoredevelopedeconomiesthanoursarefacedwithopenquestionsinthisarea.

    Participantsinthedebatetriedtorespondtotheseandsomeotherissues.Ifwebearinmindthatparticipantsworkin

    thisareaandareemployedinprofessionalservicesforpreventionofmoneylaunderingincommercialbanksandsavings

    banks,itisclearthatthisforumgavetheexpectedresults.

    This is the thirdeducationaleventonpreventionofmoney launderingorganizedbySFDM.Lastyear therewere two

    events,andthesametopicwillbereviewedagain.

    CONGRATULATIONSONTHETWOGREATHOLIDAYS

    OntheoccasionofOctober11,theDayofPeople’sUprising,PresidentDr.ZivkoMitrevskisentcordialgreet-

    ingstoPresidentoftheStateGjorgeIvanov,PresidentoftheParliamentTrajkoVeljanoski,PrimeMinister

    NikolaGruevski andTodorAtanasovski , President of theAssociationofVeterans ofNOAVM1941 -1945.

    Alsocongratulations to thePresidentof theState, thePresidentof theParliamentand thePrimeMinister

    weresentontheoccasionof23October,thedayoftheRevolutionaryStruggleoftheMacedonianPeople.

  • REGIONALTRADEUNIONOFFICESRTUOKAVADARCI. Legalprotection provided to 35 clients in the area of RTUOKavardaraci and6 of TUO

    Negotino.

    VisitsoftradeunionorganizationsofGeneralHospital-Kavadarci,CenterforSocialWork-Kavardaraciand

    FZOPEFund-Kavadarci.ParticipationinseminarsheldinOctober.

    RTUO Kumanovo. Visits to companies in the region in order to recruit members. Employees wish to join

    howeverbiggestobstacleisfearofemployers.

    On October 10 court hearing is rescheduled for TTK Kumanovo and employees reacted because the

    postponementresultswithlosingoftheirrighttocompensation.On28OctobermeetingisheldwiththeHead

    ofESAontherecruitmentproceduresinTTKKumanovo,buttheissueofremunerationforemployeesisnot

    yetresolved.

    RTUOSecretaryattendedone-dayseminaroftheCommitteeforcross-bordercooperationoftheRepublicof

    Macedonia andRepublic ofBulgaria inBlagoevgradon10October, also attendedby representativesof the

    Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Local Government of Macedonia and Bulgaria as well as of NGOs. The

    seminarreviewedtheIPACross-borderprogram.25October-activitiesonworkingvisitofPresidentZivko

    MitrevskiinKumanovo.

    RTUOOhrid.Meetingsandinterventionstoachievelaborrights.

    InterventioninPE"Gradskipazar"ontheproblemsoffunctioningoftradeunionorganization.

    Interventions and bargaining in enterprise Vior Rostfraj in bankruptcy , on handing over the case to the

    trustee.

    IncoordinationwiththePresidentofSIERPeceRistovski-jointmeetingwiththestrikecommittee,staffand

    administratorsintheenterpriseSIPO-Belcistaaimedat;indingasolutionforunpaidwagesandtermination

    ofthestrike.

    Meeting inDASSEngineeringof v.Kosel inorder todiscusswithOHS representativeand thepossibilityof

    unionorganizing.

    TUOStruga.Togetherwith the SecretaryofRTUOOhridparticipation in theRegional Seminar "The roleof

    tradeunionsinlobbyingfortheharmonizationoffamilyandprofessionallife."SSMrepresentativesinformed

    on the collective bargaining achievements, adoption of key laws, SSM’s role in the rati;ication of ILO

    Conventionsetc.

    RTUOSkopje.Visitstotradeunionorganizationsofthecityincluding"Zim"-Skopjeinordertorecruittrade

    union members. Secretary General of SGIP was also at the meeting and all issues on membership were

    determined.

    RTUOSecretaryparticipatedonseveralmeetings:on3October,debateonDiscriminationonthegroundsof

    age,4Octoberataseminaronnon-discriminationinTetovo,on25OctoberdebateonBene;itsofpromoting

    acultureofsafeoperationofnationalandregionallevelorganizedbyMOSHA.

    TUOPROBISTIP.After interviewson localTVsonprotectionagainstmobbingthere isagrowing interest in

    StipregionwhocallSSMof;iceforinformation.

    OnOctober23inProbishtipwasheldthefestivalwhichcontinuesthetraditionofthefestivalSinger-Worker,

    withthetradeunionasisco-organizer.

    RTUOTetovo.Legalaidprovidedforworker fromPHIHemomedika-Tetovoonpayandbene;itsandfora

    workerinIGMVratnicafromJagunovceonprotectionagainstharassmentintheworkplacewhichproduced

    lawsuit.

    On 4 Octoberwas held training on the Concept of non-discrimination and implementation of the national

    strategy forequalityandnon-discriminationbasedonethnicorigin,age,disabilityandgender.Thetraining

    wasattendedbySSM’slegalrepresentativesfromTetovo,SkopjeandKumanovoandthesecretaryofRTUO

    Skopje.

    TUOGostivar.ActivitiesfororganizationtoestablishLocalSocialandEconomicCouncilinGostivar.Afterthe

    signingofAgreementonestablishmentofthecouncilonSeptember30,the;irstconstitutivemeetingwasheld

    on17October.

    TUO KICEVO. Discussion with President of the TUO of Forest company Lopusnik on recruitment of new

    members.

    CONTACT

    BlagojceKrstevski,Associateforinformation,SSM

    tel/fax++389023225-937

    email:[email protected]