Press conference of the Committee to Protect Oil Workers Rights held on Tuesday in the Media Center was on the violation of labor agreements by local and foreign oil companies.
According to the Chairman of the Committee Mirvari Gahramanli, monitoring of the rights of workers on the three articles of the labor legislation. was held.
The talk is about 63 Articles of the Labor Code relating to the change of ownership. Often, when a change of ownership, the latter dismisses older workers, while the Labor Code does not provide for such action. lawsuits on such facts are ongoing, said Gahramanli. According to her, there were 61 trials on such issue; investigation on 31 facts was over. Fact 15 of the 31 lawsuits were won by the dismissed, but court decisions have not yet been executed. Trials on 30 facts are ongoing. Complaint against the three judges were made to the judicial council, said human rights activist. However, the mass dismissal of employees under various pretexts continue.
As for the 21st article of the Labor Code, it provides the equality of labor rights of employees. However, the requirements of this article are not met. In particular, discrimination occurs in respect of those employees who are not members of the ruling party. Forcing people to join the party "Yeni Azerbaijan" in SOCAR continues. When it comes to firing, mainly members of opposition and on-prty are fired. There is a discrimination on the salaries of the staff members of the workers. Employees of the staff get up to 1,500 manat, while the salary of workers does not exceed 700 manat. In addition, workers are not paid for after-hours. Those who protest, are pointed to the door. SOCAR for many years deducts 2% of salary for the Defense Fund.
As for foreign companies, there is a difference in salary not only between Azerbaijanis and foreigners, but also between the local staff. In addition, some foreign companies do not allow to establishment of trade unions. The participants of the press conference expressed dissatisfaction with the state labor inspection, which does not follow the requirements of the legislation.
Mirvari Gahramanli also reported that in 2012, that 13 people died in the oil industry, and 59 were injured. Gahramanli blamed SOCAR for covering up the facts, in order not to pay compensation to the victims.
The participants harshly criticized the support of Ilham Aliyev's candidacy for president at the Congress of the Confederation of Trade Unions of Azerbaijan. Trade Unions must be politically impartial, said Gahramanli. -05C04-
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