Republic of Bashkortostan signs Decent Work Programme
On January 25 the Republic of Bashkortostan signed the Decent Work Programme.
25 January 2013
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Signatures under the document were put by the republic’s First Deputy Prime Minister, Rauf Nugumanov, chairman of the Federation of Trade Unions of the Republic of Bashkortostan, Amirkhan Samirkhanov, and president of the republic’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Yuri Pustovgarov.
The programme is aimed at reducing income differences and poverty in the republic and developing the targeted social assistance system.
The republic’s deputy prime minister, Lilia Gumerova, said the document developed in Bashkortostan became the first regional programme for the implementation and promotion of decent work principles.
“Our task is to implement coordinated measures to improve the situation in the social and labour sector,” she said. “I hope that active joint efforts of the government, trade unions and employers in this direction will be one more step towards resolving the task of raising living standards.”
The programme is aimed at reducing income differences and poverty in the republic and developing the targeted social assistance system.
The republic’s deputy prime minister, Lilia Gumerova, said the document developed in Bashkortostan became the first regional programme for the implementation and promotion of decent work principles.
“Our task is to implement coordinated measures to improve the situation in the social and labour sector,” she said. “I hope that active joint efforts of the government, trade unions and employers in this direction will be one more step towards resolving the task of raising living standards.”