Country Rating: 2

  • Repeated violation of rights

  • Countries with a rating 2 have slightly weaker collective labour rights than those with the rating 1. Certain rights have come under the repeated attack by governments and/or companies and have undermined the struggle for better working conditions.

Constitutional Court rules in favour of union: On 24 October 2013, the Constitutional Court ruled in favour of the All-Russian Oil, Gas, and Construction Workers' Union and the All-Russian Public Institutions and Public Services Workers' Union regarding their right to freedom of choice of trade union structure. In 2010, trade unions introduced a number of amendments to their statutes ensuring their right to create inter-regional, territorial (municipal, inter-municipal, and city), amalgamated, sector-based, district and other trade union organisations. However, the Prosecutor's Office decided that this was not in conformity with the Federal Law "On Trade Unions, Their Rights and Guarantees of their Activity". The Constitutional Court overruled this decision by declaring that Article 3 of the Federal Law "On Trade Unions, Their Rights and Guarantees of their Activity" was unconstitutional.

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