29 April, 2015
Мay Day Appeal of the Confederation of Trade Unions of Armenia
Dear workers!
Confederation of Trade Unions of Armenia congratulates you on the occasion of Labor Day - May 1 and wishes you decent work which will be the pledge of well-being of your families and stable development of the Republic of Armenia.
In the society work has always been an important part of every human life and decent work is not only a means of strengthening the family and the state, but the only guarantee for a full human life. Over the past two decades the economic situation of the country and some circumstances humiliated the importance of the holiday, but the Confederation of Trade Unions of Armenia has always believed that May 1 was and remains a day of solidarity of workers in defense of their legitimate rights and interests, emphasized the importance of work.
Confederation of Trade Unions of Armenia attaches great importance to cooperation based on social partnership and expressing its concern about the declining living conditions of working people applied to the government to establish a living wage and the minimum consumer basket. In order to fight against the registered by statistics the rising unemployment and declining living standards, trade unions need to redouble their efforts in all directions in order to protect the rights and interests of workers.
Once again I congratulate all the members of trade unions and workers on the occasion of Labor Day, wish you decent, creative and peaceful work for the welfare of your families and prosperity of our country!
Chairman of the Confederation of Trade Unions of Armenia
Eduard Tumasyan
22 April, 2015
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