BAKU, Azerbaijan, December 16. Azerbaijan
currently maintains 9,342 collective agreements alongside 123
sectoral collective agreements, reinforcing the country’s
commitment to worker rights and social collaboration, Azerbaijan
Trade Union Confederation (ATUC) Chairman Sahib Mammadov said in
his report at the Confederation’s 8th congress in Baku, Trend reports.
Mammadov underscored the escalating dynamism of social
partnership, noting that each successive principal collective
agreement integrates contemporary and progressive stipulations
meticulously aligned with the exigencies of the current labor
force.
“Last month, together with our partners, we signed the ‘Country
Program for Decent Work for 2025-2029’ with the International
Labour Organization (ILO). This landmark agreement will strengthen
social partnerships, expand workers’ social protection, and drive
sustainable, inclusive growth in Azerbaijan’s labor market,” he
said.
At the Congress of Azerbaijan Trade Unions on February 5-6,
1993, AHIK was founded. A voluntary union of interbranch
associations and the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, the trade
union defends and supports its members' labor, social, and economic
rights and interests. AHIK links 18,610 unions. Total trade union
membership is 1,600,000. 26 branch trade unions form AHIK. The
Trade Union Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan was passed on
February 24, 1994.
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