Ucrania - Companies withhold union dues (2011)

As in previous years, in 2010 employers across Ukraine tampered with the union dues of the Federation of Trade Unions of Ukraine (FPU) and of the Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine (KVPU). Companies like Leninska Kuznia’ LLC in Kyiv, 61 Communards Shipbuilding Plant PC in Mykolaiv region, Karlovskiy Machine Building Plant’ LLC in Poltava region, Pivdenna-Holding’ LLC in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Shostka Public Factory in Sumy region, ’Perspektyva’ LLC in Dnipropetrovsk withdrew trade union dues from the union members’ salaries but failed to transfer the money to the trade unions’ accounts, using the money for the companies’ own needs instead. Ukrspetsvagon in the Poltava region, Promin’ and Mar’janovka in the Donetsk region also refused to transfer trade union dues to the unions’ accounts.