Citizens are entitled to establish trade unions and become members thereof by their own choice.
A single worker is not powerful enough to bargain for greater rights. Only few workers are informed about their employment rights, making this the major reason for lack of knowledge in workers in demanding their rights derived from employment or in protecting themselves. Hence the need for them to join together in unions. Workers who are union members have the possibility to get all necessary information from the union services and to enjoy appropriate protection of their employment rights.
Unions provide its members with free legal aid and advice for exerting their employment rights, as well as with training and education in terms of strengthening their capacities and raising their awareness.
Unions demand that all workers be provided with decent work, registered as employees, regularly paid their salaries, including overtime and night-work pay, allowed to fully use their annual leave according to law, and paid their insurance contributions to salaries.
Unions are the only entity committed to respecting human rights and freedoms, rule of law, democracy and free markets, and are constantly fighting against workers’ rights violations.
Unions also fight for respecting the personal integrity of any worker, as well as against labour exploitation, unreported employment, corruption, discrimination and mobbing of workers.
Only by joining together in unions workers can bargain collectively for regulating employment terms, work, and other employment rights, as well as the right to strike and undertake all forms of union actions.
