About 3,000 trade union members from all the areas of activity took part in a march mounted on the Trade Unionist’s Day that is marked on June 7. The march started from the square of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova and ended in the Great National Assembly Square, where the participants made a call to the authorities. They asked decent salaries and pensions, safe work conditions and medical services of a high quality. Prime Minister Iurie Leanca came out to meet the unionists. He said that the state and the trade unions should be partners, not opponents, IPN reports.
Chairman of the National Confederation of Trade Unions Oleg Budza said the trade unionists are concerned about the socioeconomic situation in Moldova and about the authorities’ inability to ensure the observance of the basic human rights, including the right to work. The people do not want to go abroad, but work conditions should be created for them so that they remain in the country.
Victor Talmaci, chairman of the Trade Union Federation of Construction and Building Materials Industry, called on all the institutions to make common cause with the labor unions and to concentrate their efforts on creating jobs with decent salaries. The trade unionists also demanded working out and implementing a state program for supporting the families with many children and for ensuring equality between women and men in the public and socioeconomic spheres, and adjusting the national legislation on labor to the international practices, including of the International Labor Organization and the EU.
Iurie Leanca said that unionists’ claims coincide with the Government’s priorities. “I promise we will not doable, but treble our efforts to fight illegal labor and illegal payment of salaries,” he stated.
The Trade Unionist’s Day has been celebrated since 2006. The National Confederation of Trade Unions of Moldova brings together over 400,000 members representing 29 branch trade union organizations.
