Agreement for social partnership signed by RT Cabinet, RT Federation of labour unions and Coordination council of RT employers' association

Agreement for realisation of the social and economic policy and development of social partnership in 2013 – 2014 was signed by the RT Federation of labour unions, Coordination council of the RT employers' association and the RT Cabinet at the Tatarstan Government House.

Employees of the Tatarstan Government, chiefs of ministries and agencies, territorial structures of the federal executive authorities in RT, Chairman of the RT Federation of labour unions and chiefs of sectoral committees of labour unions, members of the regional employers' association “The Association of enterprises and entrepreneurs of the Republic of Tatarstan”, chief executives of the Tatarstan enterprises and organisations, media representatives were invited to the signing procedure.

The Agreement determines agreed positions of the parties according to main principles aimed at regulating social, labour and economic relations, and joint actions for implementing them.

The document was signed by the Tatarstan PM Ildar Khalikov, Chairman of the RT Federation of labour unions Tatyana Vodopyanova and Chairman of Coordination council of the RT employers' association Aleksandr Lavrentiev.

Head of the Tatarstan Government said that such cooperation would enable solving serious social and economic problems.

“We have conducted a social dialogue and built the system of social partnership. Working within the confines of trilateral agreement in republic we will have sectoral, territorial and collective agreements,” Chairman of the RT Federation of labour unions Tatyana Vodopyanova said. She emphasized that the main task was improvement of the quality of life which meant salaries, employment, labour and social protection.