Caption 1. Attendees on the event
Today in the premises of the Federation of Trade Unions of Macedonia (CCM), a workshop titled "Decent Work" was organized as well as a Press Release to the Media was sent regarding the celebration of October 7, the "World Day for Decent Work."
Attendees on this event, besides the leadership of the Federation of Trade Unions of Macedonia, the President of CCM, PhD Zhivko Mitrevski and the Secretary of the Council of CCM, Metodija Dimeski, were present the regional trade union coordinators and staff of the regional trade union offices and subsidiaries of CCM.
The main objective of the workshop was to promote the importance of the decent work program signed in Macedonia for the period 2015-2020 year, its policies, efforts and activities of the Federation of Trade Unions of Macedonia. In this regard the Law on peaceful resolution of labor disputes was presented and discussed as a law arising from the obligations stipulated in the decent work program.
Caption 2. President Mitrevski on the celebration of the WDDW
The workshop was opened by the President of the Federation of Trade Unions of Macedonia, PhD Zhivko Mitrevski, who pointed out the importance of this day and underlined the campaigns being conducted at the level of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC). He also stressed the idea from where the concept of decent work has been derived, emphasizing that: "The trade unions are determined to fight for the values of labor, to follow the trend of exercise and increase of workers' rights in accordance with the established standards recognized in the world" .
At the first session of the workshop, Mrs. Lile Petrova, a lawyer in the Legal department at CCM, gave a brief overview of the main topics covered by the Decent Work Program and pointed out the obligations arising from this program which are in a direct correlation with the working obligations of the Regional TU Coordinators.
The second session of this event was opened by Mrs. Lidija Naskovska, Advisor to the President on Projects and EU integration, and also a licensed arbiter/ conciliator for labor disputes by the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy of the Republic Macedonia who presented the Law on peaceful settlement of labor disputes. With the latest amendments, this law is fully implemented in Macedonia having an effective mechanism for resolving collective and individual labor disputes outside court. The main task of the regional trade union coordinators is to provide free legal assistance. By that this law opens the way for a faster resolution of these disputes.
The end of the workshop was devoted to a fruitful discussion in which participants discussed on certain specific problems facing on field and different possibilities to resolve them in this way.
