Damascus-SANA
The participants in the seventh session of the General Council of the General Federation of Trade Unions, which started its work today, called for improving the living conditions of the working class, securing production requirements, supporting the real product and finding an economic development plan to advance the reality of the agricultural sector.
The participants called for taking clear measures to combat corruption and to reconsider the work of positive intervention institutions, asking about the reasons for the delay in issuing the law to raise the minimum wages and wages exempt from income tax and to address the shortcomings in the central competition set up by the Ministry of Administrative Development as it did not cover vacancies in many institutions and benefit from Alumni Institute of Printing.
The Assistant Secretary-General of the Arab Socialist Baath Party, Hilal Al-Hilal, pointed out in his speech that the children of the working class are the backbone of Syria’s strength and steadfastness, considering that the propositions of the working class are mostly right, stressing at the same time the importance of taking into account the conditions that Syria is going through as a result of the unjust economic siege after the failure of the war cosmic on it, stressing that any increase in income
The government will reflect positively on the living situation of citizens with limited income, and the government is directed to work in this framework.
On the other hand, Al-Hilal drew attention to the importance of completing and making the local council elections successful, as it is the most important point in the reconstruction and reconstruction phase to connect people with a level of responsibility who will be able to implement the aspirations of citizens, indicating that the General Union invited the largest possible number of working class members to run for the presidency of local councils.
In turn, a member of the central leadership of the Arab Socialist Baath Party, Ammar al-Sibai, praised the work done by the General Union in cooperation with the Small Enterprises Development Authority to support family economies, calling for the expansion of such initiatives that contribute to the establishment of small and micro projects.
Al-Sibai indicated that the state is working in various ways to reduce the migration of young people by opening new work fields and absorbing them into jobs in the state. ready.
President of the General Federation of Trade Unions Jamal Al-Qadri referred in his speech to the achievements made by the union in favor of the working class during the last period, indicating that 150 million pounds were allocated to purchase stationery and school year requirements to be distributed to the poorest working class children as of today, in addition to accommodating dozens of women Female workers in vocational and professional courses that contribute to improving the living situation of their families, in addition to placing 570 male and female workers in the union.
He said that "the systems of social funds for the working class have been modified to improve lending operations and raise them, rehabilitate the health center in Adra Al-Omaliah, create an administrative court in Deir ez-Zor, support sports clubs with financial subsidies from cultural activities funds, and participate in workshops to evaluate wage policies."
The Council will continue its work tomorrow, with the participation of the Prime Minister and a number of ministers.
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