The agreement between the Kazan City Hall, trade unions and employers' association was signed in Kazan

(KZN.RU, March 21, Zilya Gayfi). The tripartite agreement on the implementation of social and economic policies and the development of the social partnership for 2017-2018 between the Kazan City Hall, city trade unions and employers' association was signed in Kazan. Ilsur Metshin, the Mayor of Kazan, Tatiana Vodopiyanova, the chairman of the Federation of Trade Unions of Tatarstan, Alexei Pakhomov, the general director of the Association of Enterprises and Industrialists of the RT, Damir Fattakhov and Ivan Kuznetsov, the deputy heads of the Executive Committee, took part in the event, which was held in the City Hall.

Ilsur Metshin reminded that the Strategy of socio-economic development of Kazan until 2030 was adopted in 2016, in the development of which all aspects of sustainable economic growth and creating a comfortable urban environment were taken into account. One of the key aspects of the strategy is the human capital. “The agreement on the implementation of social and economic policy and the development of social partnership is based on the concept of decent work, aimed at achieving the strategic goal: raising the living standard of the population. Also, the tasks are further indicators reduction of informal employment, the creation of new jobs and preservation of existing jobs, improvement of the system of social protection and labor protection. There is going to be a lot of work, but the tasks are feasible with the consolidating of joint efforts. I am confident that together we will be able to make our plans into reality”, said the Mayor.

Tatiana Vodopyanova noted that social partnership in the republic is 25 years old. It was possible to achieve significant results in the field of labor protection and reducing industrial injuries over the years. “If an employee is healthy, then we can expect the increasing of the labor productivity. The number of funds allocated for labor protection doubled in the last 3 years. There is a tendency to reduce industrial injuries, and the number of severe injuries has decreased by 40% at our enterprises. All this is also an indicator of the quality of the population life”, said the chairman of the Federation of Trade Unions of the RT.

Alexei Pakhomov drew attention to the fact that employers highly appreciate the importance of the tripartite agreement, which is to be signed. “The status is territorial but we understand that we are talking about the capital of the republic. It is important to conduct effective cooperation of the municipality, trade unions and employers in all areas: production, income, social sphere, employment, labor protection, ecology, family strengthening and a number of others. The cooperation will solve many problems of large and small businesses. In addition, there is always room for improvement. I consider it expedient to use the site of the tripartite commission for consideration and preparation of real proposals”, said the general director of the Association of Enterprises and Industrialists of the RT.

Tatiana Sushentsova, the chairman of the coordinating council of the trade unions organizations of Kazan, and Gennady Divavin, the representative of the coordinating council of associations of employers of the RT and the first vice-president of the Association of Industrial Enterprises of the RT, were invited to sign the agreement. The parties expressed hope for productive cooperation.