Kyrgyz Republic

"Article 2. The right to consolidation in labor unions Each citizen who reached fourteen-year age and performing labor activity or the student in educational institution, and equally pensioners have the right at the choice voluntarily to create labor unions, and also to join trade unions on condition of observance of their charters. Labor unions can be created at the companies, in organizations and the organizations irrespective of patterns of ownership with number working three and more persons. Their representative bodies are committees or the professional organizers elected at trade-union meetings (conferences). "

"Article 437 The decision to declare a strike is made by a meeting (conference) of employees of an organization (branch, representative office, other separate structural subdivision) at the suggestion of the representative body of employees previously authorized employees to resolve a collective labor dispute. The decision to declare a strike taken by the trade union (association of trade unions), is approved for each organization by a meeting (conference) of employees of this organizations. A meeting (conference) of employees is considered eligible if at least two thirds of the total number of employees are present. workers (conference delegates). The employer does not have the right to interfere with the meeting (conference). The decision is considered adopted if at least half of the employees present at the meeting voted for it. (conferences). If it is impossible to hold a meeting (convening a conference) of employees, the representative body of employees has the right to approve its decision by collecting the signatures of more than half of the workers in support of the strike. After 5 calendar days of work of the conciliation commission, an hourly warning may be announced once. a strike, of which the employer must be notified in writing no later than 3 working days in advance. When conducting a warning strike, the heading body shall ensure the minimum necessary work (services) in in accordance with this Code. The employer must be notified in writing of the start of the forthcoming strike no later than 10 calendar days in advance. days. The decision to declare a strike shall indicate: a list of disagreements between the parties to a collective labor dispute that are grounds for declaring and holding a strike; date and time of the start of the strike, its expected duration and the expected number of participants; the name of the body leading the strike, the composition of the workers' representatives, authorized to participate in conciliation procedures; proposal for the minimum necessary work (services) performed in organization (branch, representative office, other separate structural unit) during the strike."