ASSOCIATION OF TRADE UNION ORGANIZATIONS OF UNIVERSITIES HAS TURNED 35

At the beginning of October the XXXIV Congress of the Eurasian Association of Trade Union Organizations of Universities was held at the Kyrgyz National University named after J. Balasagyn (Bishkek). The Association unites more than sixty universities from Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia. The main theme of the congress was "National Peculiarities of the Development of the Trade Union Movement in Universities: Legislative Aspects and Practice of Activity" is quite close to the “Parasat” trade union of KazNU. The employees of our university are one of the eldest members of the Association, who constantly participate in various activities.

At the session, the President of the Eurasian Association of Trade Union Organizations of Universities (EATUOU), Vice-Rector of the Lomonosov Moscow State University, Chairman of the Joint Trade Union Committee of the Moscow State University I. Kotlobovsky suggested discussing trends in the development of higher education systems, changes in the work of university trade unions caused by them, new approaches to remuneration and social protection of employees and students of universities of the member countries of the Association.

In my report, I told about the achievements of KazNU in recent years, significant increase in the wages of employees, improving the working conditions of teachers and students, working on a collective agreement and how the trade union builds a social partnership with the university management. The performance aroused great interest among the audience. Chairman of the student trade union "Sunkar" B.Nuridin highlighted the youth policy of the university.

Chairman of the joint trade union committee of the Kyrgyz National University named after J. Balasagyn K. Zhumabekov and Chairman of the trade union committee of Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno shared their vision of the work of university trade unions.

Analyzing the work of the congress, I would like to note that our trade union faces new challenges in finding innovative ways of activity.

Olga LOZHNIKOVA,

Deputy Chairman of the Parasat Trade Union

of the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University,

Delegate of the 34^th EATUOU Congress