Trade unionists from the oil and gas branch from the CIS discuss in Chisinau the mechanisms for improving social partnership

Today, March 27, the International Confederation of Oil and Gas Industries (CISPG) and the Trade Union Federation of Chemical Industry and Energy Resources Workers (FSCRE) organize in Chisinau an international conference on social partnership where trade unionists from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), with the participation of leaders of the national-branch trade union centres from the Republic of Moldova, representatives of the Government, of the business environment, discuss the mechanisms for making the social partnership more efficient.

According to Alexandr Korciaghin, president of CISPG, trade unionists from the Republic of Moldova, Ukraine, Belarus, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and the Russian Federation are part of the Confederation, and once every two years the Confederation members meet in one of these countries to analyse best practices in the field of trade union activity. This time, trade unions analyse best practices in the field of social partnership.

“This conference is an important event for the trade unionists of the Republic of Moldova. During it we will discuss issues related to the evolution of the social partnership in the countries participating in the conference, how negotiations are conducted, the colleagues will share their experience in the social dialogue process. We want that through the social partnership to have social peace and we can achieve to solve the socio-economic problems faced by the trade union members,” said Margareta Strestian, president of the FSCRE.

Present at the conference, Oleg Budza, president of the National Trade Union Confederation of Moldova (CNSM), said that its organization in Chisinau is an honour for Moldovan trade unionists. The trade union leader has communicated about the activities of the CNSM lately, especially referring to the launching of the campaign “Collective Labour Agreement – the guarantee of your rights”, the actions in the field of security and health at work, the negotiations with the authorities and the social partners.

The participants of the conference found that an effective social partnership system is the system where the needs of all parties are taken into account, leading to the socio-economic development of a country as a whole. Those present, note that in CISPG member states are institutions and all the conditions have been created to strengthen the social partnership, both bipartite and tripartite. However, the participants say, it is necessary to make some improvements to ensure a better functioning of the social partnership: to increase the effectiveness of the negotiation process, to improve the mechanism and formats of participation of the partners in the process of elaboration of social and economic policies, to improve the working conditions, intensifying cooperation with international organizations.

Department of mass media and international relations of CNSM