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GCTU ASSOCIATES ITSELF WITH THE COMPLAINT PRESENTED
Mr. Juan SOMAVIA Mr. Director-General, The General Confederation of Trade Unions has been approached by one of its affiliates, the Confederation of Trade Unions of the Republic of Moldova, CSRM, with the request to support the complaint they have presented to you about gross violations by state authorities of the Republic of Moldova of ILO Convention No.87 concerning Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise and Convention No.98 concerning the Application of the Principles of the Right to Organise and to Bargain Collectively. We have carefully examined the facts of interference by state authorities and employers in the activity of the Confederation, as cited in the complaint, and come to the conclusion that the complaint is justified and well-grounded. As it signed Convention No.87 in 1995, the Republic of Moldova undertook the commitment to observe its provisions relating to workers’ right to organize and build trade unions at their own free choice. However, the facts contained in the complaint indicate that government bodies in the Republic of Moldova violate flagrantly Articles 3 and 11 of Convention No.87 and Articles 1-2 of Convention No.98. That the above conventions are not observed, is obvious from the facts of interference by representatives of state authorities in the internal affairs of the National Federation of Agricultural and Food Workers’ Unions (Agroindsind), the Education and Science Workers’ Union, and the Federation of Government and Public Services Employees’ Unions. Herewith, the General Confederation of Trade Unions associates itself with the complaint presented by the Confederation of Trade Unions of the Republic of Moldova, and expresses the hope that this complaint will be promptly accepted for consideration by the respective bodies of the ILO supervisory mechanism. Yours respectfully
Mikhail Shmakov
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