Aims And Tasks

The primary purpose of creation and activity of Ukrainian Federation of Metallurgists is a representation and protection of its members’ legal rights and interests, i.e. the employers of the enterprises of metallurgical complex, in economic, socio-labor and other aspects. Ukrainian Federation of Metallurgists aims to co-ordinate and consolidate the actions of its members to achieve positive results of their activity, to strengthen the influence of its members on the formation of socio-economic policy, to improve socio-labor relations and to develop social partnership in Ukraine.

The main tasks of Ukrainian Federation of Metallurgists are:

• to represent and protect the legal interests and rights of the Association members in their relations with public authorities, local self-government organs, trade unions and other associations of the citizens;
• to stimulate competitiveness at the enterprises of metallurgical complex;
• to coordinate the activity of employers’ organizations and associations with the aim to performing scientific and technical research directed to the diminution of power intensity of domestic industry; to stipulate the volume of output and service provision, to increase the quality of goods and services and to outline their competitive advantage;
• to assist the labor productivity increase and the improvement of its conditions;
• to promote the development of socially oriented market economy and the system of social partnership;
• to consolidate the employers’ organizations with the aim to strengthening their influence on the formation of socio-economic policy of the state;
• to elaborate and realize social programs related to the increase of business social responsibility and the improvement of “society-to-business” relation;
• to participate in the formation and implementation of the state policy as to the employment, payment, labor protection, social insurance of employees; to take part in the realization of social programs and other questions of socio-economic sphere and labor relations;
• to participate in legislative activity which concerns the work of metallurgical complex of the country;
• to conduct the social dialog, to participate in negotiating process and in signing a branch agreement, to guarantee the fulfillment of all obligations under the signed agreements;
• to collaborate with the governmental bodies and institutions of local governing, trade unions, their associations and other organizations of the wage earners;
• to protect the interests of employers in the settlement of collective labor disputes;
• to settle collective labor disputes, to prevent strikes as an extreme method of composing differences;
• to assist the graduation, retraining and raising the level of personnel skills, the dissemination of professional knowledge and experience, the improvement of vocational training;
• to collaborate with foreign and international employers’ organizations and their associations, to perform international activity.