{"id":6651,"date":"2024-12-26T18:11:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-26T16:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trudovi.org.ua\/?post_type=news&#038;p=6651"},"modified":"2025-11-27T18:14:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T16:14:42","slug":"training-for-critical-infrastructure-workers","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/trudovi.org.ua\/en\/news\/training-for-critical-infrastructure-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"Training for Critical Infrastructure Workers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On December 24, the Solidarity Center in Ukraine supported the training of 25 leaders of the actively developed All-Ukrainian Free Trade Union of Humanitarian Demining Operations Staff (affiliated with the Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine, KVPU).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The All-Ukrainian Free Trade Union of Humanitarian Demining Operations Staff was formed in July 2024 and officially registered in September 2024. It has already organized its members in about 20 offices of foreign and Ukrainian service providers, with a total of over 600 deminers. The union&#8217;s efforts have already yielded their first results\u2014supporting a submission to the Ministry of Economy, that led to the National Qualification Agency approving the professional standard \u201cExplosive Ordnance Disposal Operator (Deminer)\u201d in August 2024. The union advocated for this standard as a professional standard that meets international requirements, creates unified rules for everyone, and significantly expands the opportunities for deminers\u2019 vocational training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The December 24 training was significant for the union since the workers do not have a union background or experience with collective bargaining in the sector previously. Therefore, knowledge of organizing ABCs, the legal basis of union functioning, and communication fundamentals for recruiting more members was valuable for the participants. Additionally, the leaders brainstormed the plans for growth, advocacy, and the union\u2019s increased visibility for 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On December 24, the Solidarity Center in Ukraine supported the training of 25 leaders of the actively developed All-Ukrainian Free Trade Union of Humanitarian Demining Operations Staff (affiliated with the Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine, KVPU). The All-Ukrainian Free Trade Union of Humanitarian Demining Operations Staff was formed in July 2024 and officially [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":6652,"template":"","class_list":["post-6651","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Training for Critical Infrastructure Workers - Labor initiatives<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Solidarity Center supported training for leaders of Ukraine\u2019s new deminers\u2019 union, focusing on organizing, union basics, and strategic advocacy for 2025.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/trudovi.org.ua\/en\/news\/training-for-critical-infrastructure-workers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Training for Critical Infrastructure Workers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Solidarity Center supported training for leaders of Ukraine\u2019s new deminers\u2019 union, focusing on organizing, union basics, and strategic advocacy for 2025.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/trudovi.org.ua\/en\/news\/training-for-critical-infrastructure-workers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Labor initiatives\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-11-27T16:14:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/trudovi.org.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/lni.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1216\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"844\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Training for Critical Infrastructure Workers\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Solidarity Center supported training for leaders of Ukraine\u2019s new deminers\u2019 union, focusing on organizing, union basics, and strategic advocacy for 2025.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/trudovi.org.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/lni.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/trudovi.org.ua\\\/en\\\/news\\\/training-for-critical-infrastructure-workers\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/trudovi.org.ua\\\/en\\\/news\\\/training-for-critical-infrastructure-workers\\\/\",\"name\":\"Training for Critical Infrastructure Workers - 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