CITUB Wants Bulgaria to Ratify the Convention against Workplace Violence

The Confederation of Independent Trade Unions of Bulgaria (CITUB) sent a letter to the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy a few days ago, asking the government and the National Assembly to ratify Convention 190 of the International Labor Organization, which deals with non-violence and harassment in the workplace, announced BTA.

The decision was made at the last session of the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria, Vice-President of the Confederation Chavdar Hristov announced during a discussion "Equal participation of women in all aspects of life - contribution to the whole society", the press center of the Confederation of Independent States announced.

The forum is organized by CITUB, the Bulgarian Teachers' Union (SBU) and the Federation of Transport Trade Unions in Bulgaria, whose chair Ekaterina Yordanova is among the participants in the ILO Committee, which drafted Convention 190. The chairman of SBU Yanka Takeva, deputy .-Mayor of Sofia Doncho Barbalov, Tatiana Kmetova - Center for Research and Policies for Women and others.

ILO Convention 190 is a completely new international labor law. It can enrich national legislation so that the workplace is free from violence and harassment. One of the factors behind these problems is the gender divide, Chavdar Hristov said, explaining that the CITUB team is currently working to decipher the messages in order to translate the convention into our legislation.

"We will commit ourselves to bring the ratification of the Convention to an end," said Ekaterina Yordanova, quoted in the announcement. According to her, the next year could be cited as a deadline for this, because the 100th anniversary of Bulgaria's participation in the ILO 

Yanka Takeva, who is also chair of the...