IndustriALL takes workers’ and union rights to the International Labour Conference

IndustriALL Global Union and affiliates actively participated in several side meetings such as the discussion on the new “UN Treaty on transnational corporations” with Prof Olivier de Schutter, former UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food and member of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.  As the UN Human Rights Council has established an intergovernmental working group in order to elaborate international legally binding instruments to regulate the activities of transnational corporations and other business the ITUC called for trade unions to engage in this process in order to ensure corporations abide by their international obligations.

In the International Centre for Trade Union Rights Council meeting, IndustriALL affiliate from Iran denounced their difficulties to function as a union. IndustriALL Director Fernando Lopes offered organization’s support to access International Labour Organizations’ instruments and to use the Global framework agreements concluded with transnational corporations operating in Iran.  Myukung Ryu from Korean Council of Trade Unions updated participants on the victorious struggles carried by workers and people of South Korea and the hopes of the trade union movement relied on a fruitful dialogue with the newly elected President.

In the Conference Committee on Migration and Labour, discussions were heated, the Employers group tried hard to undermine the existing conventions and push for a weak recommendation. Finally, an important battle was won approving that ILO has to promote the ratification of two conventions (Convention 97 on Migration for employment and Convention 143 on Migrant workers) and the Workers delegation with support from several Governments reached an agreement on a very strong additional recommendation.

IndustriALL and affiliates participated actively in the Committee on Application of Standards, the tripartite ILO body monitoring how ILO standards are being applied by member states. Starting from taking the floor on the General Survey regarding ILO Convention 176 on Safety and health in mines and during the plenaries highlighting serious violations to Freedom of Association for our members. The Workers’ Group strongly protested that the list of 24 cases negotiated with the Employers Group did not include Brazil and Colombia, where violations of ILO Conventions 87 and 98 were widespread and well known.

IndustriALL reported serious cases in seven countries, ranging from recent cases of forced dissolution of unions, arbitrary arrests and criminalisation of protest in Kazakhstan; to violence, repression of workers, denials of union registration in Bangladesh as well as the lack of the legal protection of trade unions and a backlog of reinstatement of independent unionists in Cambodia denounced by IndustriALL assistant general secretary Jenny Holdcroft.

In the case of Turkey IndustriALL assistant general secretary Kemal Ozkan demanded,

“Specific attention to be devoted to the respect and full enforcement of trade union rights in Turkey, including freedom of association, the right to strike and collective bargaining”.

Õzkan further indicated that all Global unions unitedly call for the release of all the detained workers and public employees and demand the Turkish authorities to

“Stop collective dismissals and suspensions, intimidations and arrests without any basis of evidence/compliance with the rule of law and to put in place the Inquiry Commission on State of Emergency Measures and ensure that the decisions of this Commission are subject to judicial review and possible independent, transparent and effective appeal procedures in a reasonable time, including in the last resort at European level.”

IndustriALL and its affiliate SNATEGS from Algeria strongly denounced the anti-union persecution directed towards the union’s general secretary for having revealed a huge corruption case involving the illegal inflation of electricity bills by the state-owned energy company, Sonelgaz, over a ten-year period, affecting over eight million customers. IndustriALL demands that,

“all charges against Raouf Mellal and other SNATEG union members are dropped, that the 93 union members are reinstated, and that the government immediately reverses its decision to withdraw registration from SNATEGS”.

Fernando Lopes, IndustriALL Director denounced the attacks, harassment and refusal by the government of Guatemala to demand that companies comply with their obligations to recognize the right of our affiliate in Tenaris, (SINTRATERNUIM) to bargain collectively, five years after the union’s registration.

In the case of Ukraine IndustriALL joined with other Global unions to denounce the complete lack of compliance with ILO Convention 81 (On Labour Inspection) which has resulted in 485 accidents in Ukrainian mines in 2016 only, with 12 miners killed, and the lack of government funding for health and safety protective measures.

All presentations and Conclusions of the cases discussed in the CAS can be consulted here:

And finally the ILC is not only about meetings, IndustriALL participated in many mobilisations such as the demonstration called for by all the Brazilian national centres, where IndustriALL general secretary Valter Sanches spoke, and the mobilization denouncing repression in Algeria as well as the already traditional Bicycle “Route of Shame” convened by Public Service International.

DIAM sacks 80 Turkish union members by text message

“It is understood that you joined the illegal strike in the workplace for 7-9 days. You stopped working. You tried to persuade other workers to stop work. You violated their freedom to work. Because of your these illegal actions, your work contract was terminated on 15.06.2017.”

This is the sinister text message sent by DIAM, sacking union members at its Turkish factory which produces showcases for well-known brands.

Workers took strike action after their colleagues were dismissed during an organizing drive by IndustriALL Global Union affiliate Birleşik Metal-İş.

As has become common in Turkey, Birleşik Metal-İş organized workers and received a majority certificate from the Ministry of Labour, recognizing its right to represent workers. Instead of negotiating with the workers’ representatives, DIAM’s Turkish subsidiary, Diam Vitrin Tasarım Hizmetleri Ambalaj San. Tic. Ltd. Şti, fired five union leaders.

IndustriALL Global Union and industriAll Europe wrote to the parent company in France, calling on them to ensure their subsidiary recognize core ILO standards on the right to organize, and to reinstate the sacked workers.

Instead, the company fired a further ten workers, and challenged the majority certificate in court. When workers took strike action to protest the sackings, they were fired by text message.

DIAM is a multinational company that specializes in producing point of sale and merchandizing displays for the cosmetics industry. Its clients include Chanel, Cartier, Calvin Klein, Clinique, Dior, Estée Lauder, Dolce Gabana, Gucci, Givenchy, Maybelline, Guerlain, Lancôme, Louis Vuitton and Valentina.

The Turkish factory produces mainly for L'Oreal and Dior.

IndustriALL assistant general secretary Kemal Özkan said:

“It has become common for multinationals producing for the European market to source production in Turkey, because of its proximity to the EU and manufacturing standards.

“It has also become common for these companies to respect labour rights in their home countries, but participate in brutal repression in Turkey. They are outsourcing the repression of trade unions, with the complicity of an anti-union government.

“We will not tolerate this. IndustriALL will target the brands whose products are produced by DIAM in Turkey, and expose the repression of trade union members.”

Worker safety prioritized by IndustriALL Bridgestone union network

In line with IndustriALL policy, the home country trade union takes the lead in organizing and driving the work of this network. The Japanese Bridgestone Union is the largest company-level union in the national Japanese Rubber Workers Union, Gomu-Rengo. And in turn, Gomu-Rengo is an important sector-level union in IndustriALL JAF. All three structures are active in the work of the Bridgestone trade union network.

The Bridgestone trade union network steering committee focuses its work around the issue of occupational health and safety. The unions from Europe, South Africa, Brazil and Japan exchange reports, challenges and strategies on health and safety.

Jesus Delgado, from the host union FICA-UGT, is Secretary of the Bridgestone European Works Council. Delgado reported a positive trend in safety and health in European manufacturing at Bridgestone. However the trend is negative in Bridgestone’s European retail operations. There is a high level of training on health and safety in Europe.

In Europe the highest levels of Bridgestone’s employment by country are, in order, Spain, Poland, France, Italy, Hungary, Germany, Belgium, UK, and Ireland. The average age of employees in Europe is 40 years old, with 10 years the average experience working at the company.

While Bridgestone Europe traditionally uses a low level of contract labour, the company is starting to increase it, especially in Poland and France.

In Brazil there are around 30,000 workers in the rubber sector. Bridgestone has two plants, both organized to a high level by IndustriALL affiliates in the Forza Sindical and CNQ-CUT national structures. The São Paulo plant has 3,500 workers, 90 per cent organized. The Bahia plant has 900 workers, 70 per cent organized.

The meeting addressed the industrial conflict at Bridgestone in Indonesia. Bridgestone in Palembang has dismissed six union delegates from the IndustriALL affiliate CEMWU and IndustriALL is seeking their reinstatement.

It was recognized that there exists significant gender imbalance throughout the company. Considerably low levels of female workers are present in the manufacturing section. In Brazil for example, women have many protections under the law, so Bridgestone is not alone in choosing to hire men in production jobs.

In South Africa each of the following tire companies employ around 1,100 workers, Bridgestone, Continental, Sumitomo and Goodyear. Bridgestone is increasing production currently after securing an agreement to supply the tires for new Volkswagen cars. All these companies participate in the national industry bargaining council with Numsa.

Dirane Selala, Numsa shop steward from Bridgestone Brits plant in South Africa said,

“We can say that this is an important network that brings workers together, to discuss issues of health and safety, at all rubber and tire plants, not only at Bridgestone.”

The Japanese union officials reported an improvement over the last four years industry-wide, in terms of frequency and gravity of accidents.

Common understanding and commitment was made to reach a situation of zero accidents at all plants, and the importance of training to achieve this.

Marcio Ferreira, São Paulo Rubber Workers’ Trade Union President,

“We know that little accidents can lead to big accidents. I’ve seen many colleagues die in this industry in Brazil. There is no worse feeling than losing a friend in a work accident.”

Gomu-Rengo President Kasukabe-san, Chair of the Bridgestone network said,

“The workers have the right to work in a safe environment. It is very important to set a high standard at Bridgestone that the other companies in the rubber sector must follow. We work in a spirit of respect, and of information sharing. Through our network we learn from each other.”

IndustriALL Director for the auto and rubber sectors Helmut Lense said,

“This very stable network builds trust and improves the health and safety situation worldwide. All the colleagues will continue to help each other. We need to extend the network in Asia. Thank you for the fruitful collaboration over the years.”

IndustriALL research and industry officer, Tom Grinter stated,

“The upcoming IndustriALL World conference for the rubber sector will seek to develop our trade union networks across the sector. Through our common commitment to the Bridgestone network we can continue to jointly further workers’ interests throughout the company.”

The network agreed to hold its next annual meeting in Japan.

Union communicators meet in Budapest

The meeting, held on 19 and 20 June, was attended by 54 people from right across Europe, including Kosovo, Turkey, Russia, Bulgaria, Finland, France, Belgium and Germany. In an innovative attempt to reach beyond the room and communicate with as many people as possible, the event was streamed live on Facebook, reaching many thousands of people.

The meeting was opened by Valter Sanches, Luc Triangle and Tamás Székely, general secretaries of the host organizations.  Sanches spoke of the constant refrain of anti-union messages in mainstream media across the continent, and of the urgent need for unions to use innovation to get their message across to a wide audience.

“We live in complicated times, and we can see the rise of populist nationalism. Eight white men have the same wealth as half the world. The owner of Inditex, a company we negotiate with, is among this eight.

“This is something very wrong.

“We can count on one hand the countries where unions are welcome. The media is controlled by corporations, and we hear many myths about how unions are bad. This is why we need our own media.”

Opening session

After participants introduced themselves and their expectations for the day, Irish campaigner Eugene Flynn introduced a session called “Telling the union story – how do we hack mainstream media?” He spoke about understanding the way narrative works so that we can insert our talking points into the media.

He said:

“People are convinced by emotion. They then look for facts to support their conviction. If we are communicating to win people to our point of view, we need to remember this, and appeal to the universal and human aspects of the story."

Participant introduction

Eugene Flynn

Media consultant and former National Union of Journalists president Scarlett MccGwire spoke about the recent UK general election, and the success of the Corbyn campaign in capturing the public mood, and articulating a new, progressive politics.

Scarlett MccGwire

Closing remarks

On the second day, European Trade Union Confederation communications officer Daniele Melli spoke about the campaign for a pay rise for workers in Europe.

Participants expressed their support for the campaign.

“Trickle down doesn't work,” he said.

“But with a pay rise, wealth will perculate up. Decent wages and working conditions are a great way to stop the growth of reactionary, nationalist populism.”

Daniele Melli

MccGwire then spoke about adapting to a digital future, and participants discussed what works best in their unions.

What works for your union?

This was followed by a presentation on the work of IndustriALL Global and industriAll European unions, and how joint campaigning achieves results.

IndustriALL Global Union and industriAll Europe: who are we, and how do we work together?

The day was summed up with a presentation on the power of a network, and a practical exercise in which affiliates discussed the most effective ways to share information and build a structure that would allow them to respond rapidly to solidarity calls, while also collaborating on campaigns.

The power of a network

Grasberg: 4,220 workers fired as strike extended for third month

The ongoing dispute with PT Freeport Indonesia has now resulted in the sacking of 4,220 workers for taking strike action. They were dismissed when the company deemed they had “voluntarily resigned” by participating in the strike.

IndustriALL Global Union affiliate at the mine, the Chemical, Energy and Mines Workers Union (CEMWU SPSI PTFI), announced a second extension of the strike, to 30 July. Workers have remained out on strike, despite attempts by the company to divide the workforce.

The union has worked hard to build support for the strike, and on 10 July will convene a press conference with all the Indonesian trade union confederations, confirming the support of the country’s labour movement for the strikers.

The union has obtained the support of the regional government in the Papua House of Representatives. The Governor of Papua has publicly called on Freeport to reinstate the strikers. The local government have tried to resolve the situation by calling conciliation meetings. Freeport has failed to respond to two meeting requests, and did not attend a meeting held on Tuesday 20 June. A third invitation will be sent.

IndustriALL is planning a high level mission to Indonesia in early August, accompanied by a solidarity delegation of affiliates from the mining and base metal sectors. The delegation will seek to meet with Indonesian government representatives, regional government, the company, unions and community groups, to find a resolution to the destructive conflict.

The mission will also focus on the related dispute at PT Smelting, a downstream operation partly owned by Freeport, where more than 300 workers have been sacked.

IndustriALL is running an ongoing campaign with LabourStart, calling on the Indonesian government to take a firm stance against Freeport’s sacking of workers for taking legitimate strike action. Indonesia has ratified core ILO conventions, and Freeport’s actions contravene Indonesian labour standards.

IndustriALL met with representatives of the Indonesian government during the International Labour Conference in Geneva in June. Speaking at the ILC, assistant general secretary Kemal Özkan said:

“We appeal to the government of Indonesia to intervene at Grasberg mine to prevent a social disaster in the community, resulting from the unlawful dismissal of more than four thousand workers.

“The government of Indonesia must intervene to defend fundamental workers’ rights and prevent any violence that might erupt as a result of the inhuman and intransigent stance of PT Freeport Indonesia.”

IndustriALL believes that the company is using the dispute as a negotiating tactic with the government, which has demanded a 51 per cent stake in the operation. The company is also trying to break the union and casualize the workforce. It is expected that when production increases, Freeport intends to replace its sacked workforce with contractors.

Aerospace unions to confront anti-union campaigns

Aerospace unions from North America, Europe, South America, Africa and Asia discussed the new and innovative strategies for organizing the unorganized throughout the world, from South Carolina to Shanghai and Morocco to Mobile, Alabama.

Some 75 participants discussed negotiating collective bargaining agreements that will improve wages, benefits and provide job security and retirement security to the millions of aerospace workers throughout the world.

Sector co-chair and IAM International President, Bob Martinez, said:

“We have the opportunity to continue building on efforts to bring justice and dignity to all of the world’s aerospace workers through union strength. This is opportunity to build a global aerospace workers movement that will rival the global aerospace companies.”

During the conference, participants discussed increasing anti-union and anti-worker extremism that seeks to crush the fundamental human right to join a real union that is free from government or company control. Participants also discussed continued outsourcing of unionized work within or outside production countries, often to nonunionized workforces in countries like China, where fundamental human rights like the right to form a union and engage in collective bargaining are either not recognized or not enforced. Discussion also included unfair competition from countries like China that do not abide by international trade rules and demand the transfer of technology and production in return for aircraft sales, rather than fair trade and a level playing field.

Participants focused on anti-union campaigns being waged by the managements of the world’s two largest commercial aerospace companies: Boeing and Airbus. Taking a page from the most notorious union busting companies in the world, Boeing management spent millions of dollars to keep its workers in South Carolina from joining the IAM. Not to be outdone, Airbus management is putting on an anti-union campaign in Alabama, in direct violation of IndustriALL’s Global Framework Agreement with the company.

In view of the current situation in Alabama, participants called on IndustriALL to review its agreement with Airbus. Participants also asked IndustriALL to coordinate organizing campaigns at Airbus and Boeing.

Participants called on all affiliates to recommit their efforts to:

Delegates thanked outgoing Aerospace Director Brian Kohler for his work with the sector and pledged to work closely with his successor.

IndustriALL celebrates 5 years

On 20 June 2012, three federations merged to form IndustriALL Global Union uniting 50 million workers in 140 countries. IndustriALL has over 600 affiliates in sectors including mining, metals, energy, chemical, textile, and manufacturing.

IndustriALL’s general secretary, Valter Sanches, said:

“Over the past five years, IndustriALL has shown time and again that we are stronger together. We have made multinational companies accountable, we have made governments listen, we have fought for worker rights and won. IndustriALL is proof that international solidarity works!”

Following the disastrous collapse of the Rana Plaza factory complex in Bangladesh that killed over a thousand garment workers in 2013, IndustriALL lead the drive in pushing more than 200 global fashion brands to sign the legally-binding Bangladesh Accord on Fire and Building Safety. The Accord has since inspected more than 1,600 factories improving safety for two million workers. IndustriALL together with its partners and Uni Global Union, also succeeded in securing US$30 million dollars in compensation for victims.

IndustriALL’s work over the past five years has been and continues to be guided by its five strategic goals: building strong unions, confronting global capital, ending precarious work, sustainable industrial policy and defending workers’ rights. 

Defending workers’ rights

There is a war of attrition on workers’ rights around the world. IndustriALL affiliates’ support for their fellow unionists under duress has shown that international solidarity works. IndustriALL campaigns have helped to release jailed unionists in Cambodia and Bangladesh, stood up for worker rights in Yemen and Spain, and contributed to the downfall of an authoritarian president in Korea. IndustriALL's campaign against protection contracts in Mexico have gained recognition of the problem, leading the ILO to make recommendations to the government of Mexico to comply with ILO Convention 87 on freedom of association. This pressure resulted in reforms to the 2016 labour laws, which would allow the abolition of protection contracts which deprive so many Mexican workers of the right to organize and bargain collectively. 

Building strong unions

Increasing union membership is at the core of IndustriALL’s mission. IndustriALL’s union building projects have seen results thousands of new members in countries including India, Indonesia and Zambia, among others. Increasing membership of women and young people is vital to build union strength.  Since the second IndustriALL Congress in Rio de Janeiro in October 2016, IndustriALL has set a target for women’s representation in leadership positions and activities at 40 per cent. The drive for increased participation for women at IndustriALL has in turn influenced national union structures, for example, IndustriALL metalworkers’ affiliate in Indonesia, FSPMI, set a 40 per cent quota for women’s representation in its own structures. 

Confronting global capital

IndustriALL’s corporate campaigns, such as those targeting Rio Tinto and LafargeHolcim, have been made significant gains for workers. IndustriALL works against global capital when necessary but also realizes the importance of social dialogue to achieve its aims. Global framework agreements (GFAs) with almost 50 multinational companies help to make sure that fundamental worker and trade union rights are promoted and protected. The GFAs with French car giant, PSA, and clothing brand H&M, ensure worker rights throughout their global supply chains covering direct and indirect workers at suppliers. Similarly, IndustriALL’s trade union networks in multinational companies help to empower unions and workers by sharing information and acting together.

Stop Precarious Work

IndustriALL has campaigned continuously against precarious work through targeted projects and helped unions organize tens of thousands of precarious workers. Participation by IndustriALL affiliates to protest against the precarious work on 7 October, the world day for decent work, grows year on year.

Sustainable industrial policy

As we experience the digital transformation of industry, sometimes referred to as the fourth industrial revolution, IndustriALL has stepped up its campaign for secure and sustainable jobs open to all those affected by automation and digitalization. With the challenge to tackle climate change and meet global emissions targets, IndustriALL is demanding a Just Transition so that no worker gets left behind as we shift to cleaner energy.

IndustriALL is a campaigning organization and the campaign for a living wage includes the groundbreaking ACT agreement with major apparel brands to improve wages through industry-wide collective bargaining.

“IndustriALL has built solid foundations from which to go forward. The challenges we face are great but we are prepared to meet them. We thank our affiliates for their immense support over the past five years, and we count on them in the future,” said Sanches.

AKG Thermotechnik fires union leaders in Turkey

Workers responded to the dismissal of union leaders by staying in the factory. Management called the police, who evicted the workers. A total of 25 workers have now been dismissed. The workers are maintaining a picket outside the plant.

IndustriALL Global Union affiliate Birleşik Metal-İş organized the Izmir plant in February 2017. The union was formed to contest difficult working conditions and low wages.

As required by Turkish labour law, the union received a majority certificate from the Ministry of Labour. This certifies that the union represents the majority of the 120 workers at the factory, and that the company should begin negotiations.

However, the company challenged the certificate in a court case, which is ongoing. Instead of negotiating with the union, on 25 May, the company began dismissing union leaders.

Initially, six workers were dismissed, followed by another two. The company put pressure on the workers to resign from the union, threatening their jobs if they did not comply.

The dismissed union leaders began a picket outside their factory. The picket grew, with workers calling for the reinstatement of their colleagues, and holding union meetings in lunch and tea breaks. A group of 17 workers stayed in the factory, and halted production.

Management called riot police, who forcibly evicted the workers from the factory. They were subsequently dismissed. On 15 and 16 June, the anniversary of a major uprising by workers in 1970, Birleşik Metal-İş will hold demonstrations and rallies outside the factory, calling for the workers to be reinstated, and for the company to recognize and negotiate with the union.

IndustriALL Global Union and industriAll Europe have written to AKG to demand that the company negotiate with the union, and reinstate the workers who were sacked. AKG are very dependent on two major customers, Claas Group and Liebherr International. IndustriALL has also written to both these companies, calling on them to put pressure on AKG.

IndustriALL assistant general secretary Kemal Özkan said:

“It has become common in Turkey for employers to use the state to crack down on unions. AKG is a German company, and used to operating in an environment where workers’ rights are respected.

“It is therefore reprehensible that they fire union leaders, and call the police on their own workforce, instead of negotiating. We call on the company to change its behaviour. IndustriALL will stand with Birleşik Metal-İş until we win justice.”

Garment employer files charges against workers

Following on events at the end of May, when workers were threatened and physically attacked for wanting to form a union at Azim’s Orchid factory, company management has filed criminal charges against the 61 workers and union leaders involved. 38 of the workers have been released on bail, but 22 people are in jail.

According to reports, around 200 workers are under constant threat from local thugs and cannot go home or to work, for safety fears.

Workers have been forced by management to sign a document stating they do not want a union in the workplace, as a condition to return to work.

The Bangladesh government, as well as all responsible employers need to understand the impact that the actions of rogue employers like the Azim Group have on the reputation of the industry internationally,

says IndustriALL Assistant General Secretary Jenny Holdcroft.

They must step in to stop the violence and imprisonment of workers and bring an end to the political culture of trade union repression.

The Azim Group has a history of denying workers freedom of association, similar events took place in 2014 at the Global Garment/Trousers factory.

IndustriALL calls on Ukrainian government to enforce health and safety in mines

On 12 June, there was the methane explosion in the mine Novodonetskaya in the Donetsk region. 122 miners were in the mine at the time of accident, 29 of them in the affected section.
 
The president of the Independent Trade Union of Miners of Ukraine Mychailo Volynets stated:

"Sad morning for our miners' family. Four miners were burned and seriously injured. Three of them had 50-60 per cent of their body burned; one had 15 per cent of his body burned. Now they are in Kramatorsk in the Burn centre. Doctors gave optimistic predictions about miners' health".

A special commission was formed to investigate the accident in the mine. This commission includes representatives of the trade unions, the administration of mine, the State Labour Inspectorate, and the Social Insurance Fund.
 
Previously, on 9 June, a miner died from electric shock at the mine Velikomostovskaya in Lviv region. On 6 June, there was a collapse of rocks at a mine Oktyabrskaya in Kryvyi Rih that caused the death of one more miner.
 
All these accidents once again confirm that the health and safety situation in the majority of enterprises is close to emergency. They have particular importance because they happened while the ILO Committee on the Application of Standards (CAS) was considering compliance by Ukraine with ILO conventions No. 81 On Labour Inspection and No. 129 On Labour Inspection in Agriculture.

Speaking at the CAS hearing, Suzanna Miller of IndustriALL said:

"In the majority of enterprises the miners work on obsolete equipment without the necessary Personal Protection Devices, which leads to explosions in the mines, death and severe injuries  to the workers. How much longer will workers bear this?"

On 12 June, the CAS urged the government of Ukraine not to impose any restrictions on the labour inspection and to train and to improve the skills of labour inspectors.
 
Kemal Özkan, IndustriALL assistant general secretary said:

“Such accidents at mines are essentially crimes against the miners. IndustriALL Global Union supports the demands of our Ukrainian affiliates on the basis of the report submitted to the CAS at the ILO. It is vital to assure that a proper state programme on developing measures of health and safety, including setting up solid bodies with highly skilled staff, should be approved and financed by Ukrainian government in 2017 and in the following years.”