---------- From: "Charles Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [L-I] Russian trade union resolution http://www.geocities.com/rosskommuna/International/defense.html Complete text of the resolution of the conference of free trade unions on the Labor Codex, held 3-4 March in Moscow. Report of C. Baiborodova Translation: Mark Harris, 6 February, 2001 Resolution of the participants of the conference of representatives of the free trade unions A conference of the representatives of the Free Trade Unions took place on 3-4 March in Moscow, at the premises of the Federal Coordinating Council of the Alliance of Trade Unions of Russia SOTSPROF, with the participation of the Deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation O.V. Shein, Participating Organizations: 1.Federation of Russian Aviation Dispatchers Trade Unions. 2.The Russian Trade Union of Locomotive Railway Teams. 3.Russian Dockworkers Union. 4.Free Trade Union of Russian Light Industry. 5.Alliance of Russian Trade Unions SOTSPROF. 6.Alliance of Workers Trade Unions (Zashchita Truda (Defense of Labor). 7.Confederation of Labor of Saint Petersburg and the Leningrad region. 8.Siberian Confederation of Labor. 9.The Trade Union of AvtoBAS workers (Edinstvo (Unity) The resolution was accepted: 1.To make this Conference permanent for work on preparation of O.V. Shein s Trade Union Draft of the Labor Codex (tr: fundamental Russian law governing labor and unions) of and on organizing the campaign to support it. 2.To continue the most extended promotion and discussion of the amendments as participants of the Conference, as well as in the organizations which are represented by participants in the Conference. 3.To direct the members of the working group to distribute the draft Labor Codex to the participants of the Conference, and to publish it, with an explanatory memorandum in brochures, in the Labor press, and on the Internet. 4.To direct the secretary of the Alliance of Workers Trade Unions (Defense of Labor , C.Yu. Baiborodova to implement the distribution by electronic mail of O.V. Shein s proposed amendments to the Labor Codex to the participants of the Conference. To create forums on the sites of (Defense of Labor and SOTSPROF for discussion of the draft Labor Codex and amendments to it. The address for submission of amendments is [EMAIL PROTECTED] The address of the site of the Multiregional Alliance of Workers Trade Unions (Defense of Labor is http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Senate/4580/zashchita.html. The address of the SOTSPROF site is http://www.sotsprof.ru 5.To consider it expedient to take part in the sessions of the Russian Committee of Workers, which will take place 17 v 18 March 2001 in Nizhni Novgorod. 6.To hold regular meetings of the participants of the Conference until the introduction of the Trade Union draft of the Labor Codex to the Duma by O.V. Shein. 7.For the participants of the Conference to begin an informational campaign with the organizations for the advancement of the Trade Union Draft of the Labor Codex of O.V. Shein (publication of brochures, newspapers, publications in the mass media, round tables, etc.) 8.For the participants of the Conference to utilize international connections with organizations recommended by them for the development of an international campaign of support for O.V. Shein s Trade Union draft of the Labor Codex in the Duma, immediately after its introduction to the Duma, and in the period immediately following (letters to the Duma and government, publication in foreign mass media, etc.) Adopted unanimously. _______________________________________________ Leninist-International mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.wwpublish.com/mailman/listinfo/leninist-international
