Read this article in:
4 July, 2011
ICEM-affiliated Independent Trade Union of Miners of Ukraine has successfully launched a new website.
The mineworkers of Ukraine have been especially important this year, as the union forged ahead with the campaign for ratification of ILO Convention 176, setting the standard for others to follow. The Ukrainian victory was celebrated in February this year, when the union worked together with PRUPU to play a crucial role in the ratification of the Safety and Health in Mines Convention.
The Convention spells out responsibilities for government, employers, and workers and their trade unions, and specifically gives miners the right to report hazards, dangerous conditions and accidents, as well as the right to refuse unsafe work.
Ukraine is the first major mining country to ratify Convention 176 since Peru ratified it in June 2007.