On September 20, Inna Kudinska, a lawyer affiliated with Labor Initiatives and Solidarity Center, and George Sandul, Labor Initiatives legal director, took part as trainers in the trade union school for young union activists called “The Power of Solidarity” supported by Swedish Public Servants Union Fackförbundet ST and conducted by the Youth Committee of the Federation of Trade Unions of Ukraine.
On September 8-9, the ILAW Network held a regional convening in Warsaw, gathering about 30 participants from Europe and Central Asia. Labor Initiatives lawyers Nadiia Yolkina, Kateryna Shvets, and Alina Muzychenko joined SC Regional Program Director Rudy Porter and SC Ukraine Country Program Director Tristan Masat at the ILAW conference.
In August 2023, the International Lawyers Assisting Workers Network (ILAW) released its newest Issue Brief - Fighting for Lives and Livelihoods: Workers, the Pandemic and the Law, which includes an essay with an analysis of how workers fought for their lives and livelihood during the COVID-19 pandemic by using the law to their advantage. It is accompanied by 11 country-specific case studies detailing worker wins during the pandemic.
On August 3, George Sandul, Labor Initiatives legal director, and Inna Kudinska, a lawyer affiliated with Solidarity Center, held an online training session for Public Servants Union youth committee during the seminar called “Expanding Rights and Possibilities for Young Workers in Ukraine” supported by Swedish civil servants’ union Fackförbundet ST.
On July 27, the Ombuds Office in Ukraine initiated a round table on law enforcement challenges in Ukraine. Among the speakers were law practitioners, judges of the Supreme Court of Ukraine, private enforcers, the Ministry of Justice, and the Human Rights Ombuds Office representatives.
On July 24, LI legal clinics lawyers held a webinar on the legal instruments of workers` rights protection.
On July 17, LI attorneys Nadiia Yolkina and Kateryna Shvets took part in a special project of Hromadske Radio - an hour-long Youtube interview with experts on topics related to discrimination against women, particularly on the labor market in Ukraine.
On July 13, the parliament adopted a draft law No.9271, “On Amendments to the Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine regarding Peculiarities of Maternity Leave Using”.
In late June, the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association released a new report - “Advancing the rights of freedom of peaceful assembly and of association of workers in the informal economy."
On June 30, George Sandul, LI legal director, co-chaired a regular meeting of the Expert Council on Economic and Social Rights functioning under the auspices of the Human Rights Ombuds Office.
On June 29, Labor Initiatives conducted one more online event in a series of workshops with a well-known psychologist Olga Semenova.
On June 20, LI lawyer Nadiia Yolkina gave a speech to pupils of Brovary school (Kyiv region) about basic human rights and labor relationships.
