9 December, 2011On December 6 representatives of the IMF affiliate Mining and Metallurgy Trade Union of Kyrgyzstan (MMTUK), employers and the state signed an industry agreement for 2012-2014.
KYRGYZSTAN: On December 6 the minister of natural resources Zamirbek Esenamanov, the president of the IMF-affiliated Mining and Metallurgy Trade Union of Kyrgyzstan (MMTUK) Eldar Tadzhivaeb and the president of the Association of Geologists and Mining Operators of Kyrgyzstan Arstanbek Dyisheev signed an industry agreement for 2012-2014.
The agreement is aimed at taking concerted action to ensure effective industrial and economic development of Kyrgyzstan's metal operations, create favourable conditions for productive labour work and decent life for workers. The agreement also sets basic requirements and norms concerning wages, work and leisure time regulation, health and safety, social protection of workers.
The agreement extends the rights, guarantees and benefits of metalworkers wider than is stipulated in labour laws. The employers will have to include the articles of the agreement in the CBAs.
"Social and economic protection of workers will be much stronger than before," concluded Eldar Tadzhibaev.