The electricity and gas trade unions considered their joint demands regarding the social dimension of the internal market for electricity and gas during the seminar in Skopje. Consultations is currently underway. The key demand is that at the same time as signing the Treaty a Memorandum of Understanding should be signed that details:
- The acceptance of the EU's Fundamental Rights;
- the most relevant social acquis that needs to be put in place and the social dialogue as the method that can contribute to this;
- the need for national Social Action plans to accompany the implementation of the Energy Community and the resources to assist in realising the social action plans;
- the process to discuss the social action plans;
- the establishment of a Steering Committee of governments, employers and trade unions;
- a moratorium on privatisation of the utilities to consider, through broad public debate, if the utilities should be privatised, and if so, the conditions under which.
- the recognition of the trade unions in the electricity and gas sector in South Europe as stakeholders and our representation in the South East European Regulatory Forum
- A permanent relation with the South East European Regulatory Board that has a special role in contributing to the social pillar.
The demands are available in English, Serb-Croat and Albanian:
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