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Ukraine could abandon key labour principle as part of EU drive

The government’s post-war reconstruction plans threaten a ‘Mad Max-style dystopia’, says Ukrainian labour lawyer

By Thomas Rowley and Serhiy Guz
Ukraine could abandon key labour principle as part of EU drive
This destroyed flour mill in Chernihiv is one of thousands of companies affected by the Russian invasion
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The Ukrainian government intends to abandon its long-held principle of consulting trade unions and employers’ associations over policy as part of the country’s drive to join the EU, draft plans for post-war reconstruction suggest.

It is backed up by remarks made by a key official to openDemocracy this week.

Outlines released by the National Council for the Recovery of Ukraine from the War, a body set up by president Volodymyr Zelenskyi, state that the Ukrainian government plans to move to a model of “non-interference of the state in dialogue between trade unions and employers”.

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