Lithuanian Labor Union Links

by Gundars Kaupins, Boise State University

Being Updated March 2007-August 2007

The purpose of this link page is to provide useful business links associated with Lithuania.  There is no commercial purpose or personal financial gain from this link page.  Most links include a title, languages used, services, and a brief description of the mission and purpose of the site.  Services include search engines, blogs, on-line polls, site of origin (e.g., .lv, .com, .net) and transactions.  Transactions could be nonfinancial (e.g., registration) to financial (e.g., payment of fees) Almost every brief description is a direct quote from the link.  Most of these direct quotes will refer to either the mission or objectives of the link.

Central and Eastern Europe--Trade Union Education Network  (E) "The project aims to strengthen trade union organizations in Central and Eastern Europe by emphasizing the importance of trade union education. Closer cooperation between the education departments (and teams) will enable them to enlarge their training possibilities and improve the skills of the trainers. The project will help them to develop their activities on a larger base, and also to be more efficient in current and new training programs. Particular attention will be paid to three issues: integration of equality concern into negotiation of collective agreements, organizing non-organized workers (employees) and better knowledge of the European Social "model" to develop organizations’ own experience and practice. Two additional modules are included in this project - on training of trainers and analysis of education strategies - which should facilitate the implementation of a "multiplier effect" and ensure follow-up of this program after the two years foreseen for it."

Europeanforum-Lithuania (E)  A summary of the political landscape of Lithuania including unions.

European Trade Union Confederation (E, F)  Includes the Lithuanian Federation.

European Information Center (E) "The National Board of Trade is a governmental agency and the central administrative body in Sweden dealing with foreign trade and trade policy. The Board provides the Government with analyses and recommendations. Within the framework of the European Union, the Board works for an effective Internal Market, an open trade policy in the EU and a strengthened multilateral trading system within the WTO. The Board also acts as ombudsman for free trade and free movement within the EU as partners of the SOLVIT network. This connects governmental agencies across Europe helping companies and individuals caught between differing regulatory systems."

Global Unions (E) "Increasingly, the name “Global Unions” is being used for the major institutions of the international trade union movement. Global Unions comprises: 1. the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU), which represents most national trade union centers. Most individual unions relate to the ICFTU through their national union center.  2. The ten Global Union Federations (GUFs), the international representatives of unions organizing in specific industry sectors or occupational groups. 3. The Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD."

Lithuanian Labor Federation (E, Lt)  "A workers’ organization established in 1919 and recreated in Lithuania in 1991. In 1995 LDF had merged with Lithuanian trade unions’ association. In 1997 LDF accepted the “Union of regional trade unions of Lithuania”. LDF is closely working with regional independent trade unions organizations as Klaipedos Workers Union and other trade unions which came out from LPC, LPSS. LDS. At the beginning LDF established territorial structures, but in 1999, LDF Congress due to changes in Statute structured organization in regional and branches organizations. From 1999 LDF has 10 branches, organized on an industrial or professional basis, and regional organizations in all regions of Lithuania joined directly LDF center. Since 1996 LDF is full member of WCL. LDF is independent trade union centre, which majority of organizations are new created trade unions organizations. LDF is a member of National Tripartite Council and LDF representatives are working in all tripartite councils and in the commissions of different level."

Trade Union of Lithuanian Health Care Employees (E, Lt) "The union is described as a self-reliant, independent, non-political public organization, which on the principle of equality unites primary organizations and their members working in the institutions of health care, enterprises and other organizations according to professional, occupational and territorial principles. LSADPS unites 5600 members, including 2011 doctors, 2700 middle medical staff and 289 service and technical staff."

Trade Unions On-line (E) Cornell University listing of trade unions in Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia

Trade Union Responses to Globalization in Lithuania (E)  Summarizes overview of economic conditions, role of Lithuanian trade unions, social standards, education and training

Vision Baltic Sea 2010 (E) For Employment, Social Democracy and a common development perspective for the people in the Baltic Sea Area

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