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Albania
Trade Unions
Albania
Trade Unions
Albanian workers and enterprise managers had little
significant influence until the old order began breaking
down in
1990. Workers for decades had no recourse but to rely on
government-controlled trade unions to protect their
interests,
but the ruling party used these unions only as mouthpieces
to
implore workers to produce more and accept more
sacrifices.
Independent trade unions arose from the ashes of the
official
labor organizations in each of the economy's major
sectors. In
1991 union representatives pressed government officials
for
concessions on issues of wages and working conditions, a
general
labor contract, and wage indexing to mitigate the effects
of
inflation. They also demanded social security guarantees,
reestablishment of electrical service in many towns, and
deliveries of raw materials to idle factories. Management
often
backed the workers' demands to the government. The were
strikes
as well as mass protests in central Tiranė and elsewhere.
In
mid-1991, the Council of Ministers drafted a law on labor
relations that eliminated the job security Albanian
workers had
enjoyed under the communist system, allowing firms to
dismiss
workers who violated disciplinary
standards.
Data as of April 1992
