Trade Unions actions in the sphere of labour migration policy

External labour migration Legal foreign labour force Irregular foreign labour force Exploitation, salary dumping Equal payment for equal labour Lack or absence of labour and social guarantees Labour agreement, guaranteed salary and social package Forced labour Visa regime Free visa regime

General agreement between All Russian Trade Unions, Russian Unions of Entrepreneurs and the Government of the Russian Federation for 2011–2013 years Annually consider the questions related to the migration policy implementation, provide estimation of the effectiveness of use of the foreign labour force Hold consultations on Drafts of the normative and Legal acts those are regulating questions on external labour migration Hold consultations on questions related to quota defining process on use and bring in of foreign labour force Hold consultations on Drafts of the normative and legal acts those are regulating internal labour migration Hold consultations on modernization and perfection of exiting mechanisms of defining economical demand of foreign labour force bring in, including spheres of its application and procedure of quotation Parties obligations:

What are the Trade Unions targets? Trade Union's membership – is a guarantee from unlawful dismissal Federation of Independent Trade Unions protects the rights of workers: Decent work Agenda adopted, increase of real wage and leaving standards of the population Obligatory social insurance and increasing the level of social protection On OSH and health protection during the working process Equality of right and freedoms despite of gender, nationality, language and etc. as stated in the ILO /UN Conventions and Constitution of the Russian Federation

What is a Trade Unions position in regard to the foreign citizens? Trade Unions are standing for legal, regulated and well managed labour migration Trade Unions consider, that legal migrants must have same rights and obligations in labour and social spheres as foreseen by the Russian legislation Foreign citizens and stateless persons, those who are resident in the RF, generally, eligible to be members of the Russian trade unions. Trade Unions are seeking the right of foreign workers on medical insurance, education, social security, that they are fully covered by legal labour norms and get the right on collective protection

Main Trade Unions activities and actions in the sphere of Labour Migration

Federal Level Legal Foreigh Force Irregular FLF Monitoring implementation of the migration legislation on FLF Suggestions on Legislation modernization Defining demand of FLF bring in and quota establishment across RF Suggestions on how to improve the legislation implementation and minimize its disregard «Hot line » (established to provide consultations and information to labour migrants) Leaflets and information brochures on labour activities for foreign citizens those who are coming to the RF

Regional level Providing Consultations to FWs those who want to be employed in this respective subject of the RF, along with the offer to joint a TU Revision of the Employers applications for FLF bring in, the frame of the Regional Tripartite Commissions on socio-labour relations regulation Trade Unions are part of the inter-agency commissions on bring in and usage of FLF in the subjects of the RF Assistance to the grassroots TU organizations in arranging control functions over LL observance in relation to the FLW Agreements on cooperation with the territorial representations of the FMS and Labour Inspections

Negotiation Process on FLF quota ( regional level) Establishment of the inter agency commission Other interested agencies from the executive authorities, represented in the Subject RF Tripartite commission on labour- social disputes resolution in the Subject of the RF Tripartite commission on labour- social disputes resolution in the Subject of the RF Territorial representation of the FMS; State Labour inspection Trade Unions Employers

Upon the results of work and decisions adopted by the Inter agency commissions Employers requests on FLF were not supported and declined on the following reasons ( upon the results of the quota campaign in 2012) Non full use of quota given in previous year Non submission of information of planned volumes of work on the objects Possibility to meet labour demand using local LF Declaration of the min. wage lower then minimal guaranteed wage established for RF Prooved information on active unpaid wages of workers Prooved unremovable violations related to the process of FLF bring in and ITS use detected by LI Incapacity to provide decent housing conditions

Dynamics of FLF bring in into the RF * по экспертной оценке Источник: государственная статистика, данные ФМС России

Gender aspects of labour migration in the Russian Federation ЖенщиныМужчины Распределение по полу, % женщинымужчины Всего тыс. человек139,1888,8 процентов в том числе в возрасте, лет: ,841, ,726, ,222, ,76, ,02, лет и старше0,60,81090 Иностранные граждане, имевшие действующее разрешение на работу, по возрастным группам 1) в 2011 г. На конец года 1) По данным Федеральной миграционной службы.

Gender aspects of labour migration in the Russian Federation FemaleMale Gender Distribution, % FemaleMale Total Thousands.. people139,1888,8 % perset including age groups, age: ,841, ,726, ,222, ,76, ,02, and older0,60,81090 Foreign citizens those who had legal labour authorizations (age group distribution) in By the end of the year 1) Federal Migration Service data.

Migration Female and male in Thousands people Gender distribution, % femalemalefemalemale Total number of migrants inflow outflow Migration increase, decrease (-) Including: International migration inflow outflow Migration increase, decrease (-) Out of it: With CIS countries inflow outflow Migration increase, decrease (-) With far abroad countries inflow outflow Migration increase, decrease (-)

Distribution of migrants older then 14 on their matrimony status and migration flows in Thousands peopleGender distribution, % femalemalefemalemale Total Among them: married Never being married Widow (er) divorced Not specified their status Arrived out of Russia Among them: married Never being married Widow (er) divorced Not specified their status

Distribution based on educational level among migrants older then 14 and migration flows in People Gender distribution, % femalemalefemalemale Total arrived Among them: High education Scientific degree: Doctoral degree PH.D Not finalized high education specialized secondary Primary specialized education general secondary education secondary education primary education Not specified Came outside of Russia Among them: High education Scientific degree: Doctoral degree PH.D Not finalized high education specialized secondary Primary specialized education general secondary education secondary education primary education Not specified

Quota dynamics on labour permits issuing and its reserve In Russia

The quantity of patents given to the FMW in Russia

Legal bring in of FLF Migrant remittances outflow Источник: государственная статистика, данные ФМС России и экспертные данные

Federation of Trade Unions of Sverdlovsk Region Project on Migrant workers supported by the ILO/EU

Main directions of activities related to work with LM and their TU membership Agitation work among MW to bring them in the RF TUs Cooperation with the TUs of countries of migrants origin Structural organizational changes adopted to the MW TU memberships Cooperation and joint work with Diaspora and ethnic communities ( selection of potential leaders) Normative initiatives related to the labour migration management in the region

Information / agitation materials (translated on SIC languages)

Problems on Migrants involvement into TUs Language barrier Seasonal character of presence in the country Absence of proven labour relations

FNPR Inter-State Cooperation in the framework of LM Protection Agreement on Cooperation between FNPR and ACTU ( Azerbaijan) signed, 3 regional agreements between FNPR regional Representations (Volgograd, Yekaterinburg, Astrakhan) and ACTU /ATUC are signed Branch agreements in Agriculture signed by Volgograd and Vladivostok Agriculture TUs with Uzbekistan and China

ДОГОВОР о сотрудничестве между Волгоградским Областным Советом Профессиональных Союзов и Конфедерацией профсоюзов Армении Волгоградский Областной Совет Профсоюзов (ВОСПС) и Конфедерация Профсоюзов Армении (КПА) руководствуясь своими уставами, далее именуемые как Стороны настоящего Договора, и стремясь к развитию профсоюзного сотрудничества в области социально-трудовых отношений, понимая важность защиты прав трудящихся-мигрантов, укрепления солидарности трудящихся, исходя из международных документов ООН и МОТ в области прав человека и защиты трудящихся-мигрантов, договорились о нижеследующем: 1. В настоящем Договоре под термином «трудящийся-мигрант» понимается гражданин Республики Армения являющийся членом профсоюза, работающий или направляющийся на законных основаниях для работы на территории Волгоградской области Российской Федерации. Азярбайжан Республикасы Щямкарлар Иттифаглары Конфедерасийасы иля Свердловск вилайяти Щямкарлар Иттифаглары Федерасийасы арасында ниййят П Р О Т О К О Л У СОГЛАШЕНИЕ территориальной (областной) организацией профсоюза работников агропромышленного комплекса РФ и Нукусским региональным хозрасчетным Бюро по трудоустройству граждан за рубежом Министерства труда и социальной защиты населения Республики Узбекистан о сотрудничестве между Волгоградской По вопросам трудовой деятельности и защите прав трудящихся-мигрантов граждан Республики Узбекистан Чем профсоюзы могут помочь иностранному гражданину? Федерацией с 2011 года организована система информирования и консультирования трудовых мигрантов («горячая линия») по вопросам трудового и миграционного законодательства и защите их трудовых прав. Телефон «горячей линии» – (495) По данному телефону можно получить необходимую информацию по интересующим вопросам.