Every year on 12th June the World Day Against Child Labour takes place. The day was launched in 2002 by the International Labour Organization (ILO) in order to focus attention on the global extend of child labour and the actions and efforts needed to eliminate it. Though huge efforts have been taken child labour is […]
During the last week the 9th annual Rwandan agricultural exhibition took place at Mulindi Agri-Show grounds in Gasabo District, Kigali. The exhibition was opened on 6th of July and was held under the theme ,,Transforming agriculture for shared prosperity and improved livelihoods,, The show represented around 150 exhibitors from many African countries and from other […]
On first of May Rwanda celebrated the International Labour Day. This year’s theme was “Promoting employment through providing startup capital to the unemployed.” The International Labor Day presented different approaches to reach this aim. One way for example is the Kuremera Program. In Rwanda Kuremera is the process where family and friends donate to young adults to get them started as they […]
These days the Executive Office of STAVER is taking the preparations for the annual May Day celebrations. The 1st of May is by tradition the most important day for the trade union movement. The May Day was first celebrated by the workers movement in the late 1800s. In those days it was quite common for […]
On Thursday 24th April, 2014 STAVER organized a meeting with the workers of Horizon Sopyrwa in Musanze. General Secretary NSENGIYUMVA Jeremie greeted the workers and informed them about the objectives and the mission of STAVER. Also he talked about the importance of trade unions for workers. After the speech of the General Secretary capacity building […]
In memory for all the victims of the Genocide against the Tutsi STAVER expresses its solidarity with all survivors of the Genocide and remembers all the comrades who lost their lives during the tragic events in 1994. STAVER is deeply committed to reunification of both its members and society to ensure that such a Genocide […]
On Sunday 23rd March, 2014 Stefan Mühlenhoff, in charge of projects and capacity building at STAVER attended a workers meeting at ASSOPTHE cooperative in Rulindo District. Stefan Mühlenhoff was welcomed to the meeting by STAVER´s local president Esron Ntaganda. After that the workers discussed about the current situation for STAVER members at ASSOPTHE and expressed […]
On Friday 21st February, 2014 STAVER signed a collective convention with ASSOPTHE Cooperative in Rulindo District. The signing of the convention was framed by a ceremony at the cooperative´s canteen in which the convention was presented to the workers and prices were given for extraordinary efforts for ASSOPTHE. The collective convention is the result of […]
On Monday 30th December, 2013 STAVER organized a seminar in cooperation with the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU). It took place at CESTRAR in Kacyiru, Kigali. The seminar was held by Comrade Jw RAMAZANI who is represantative of WFTU in DR Congo. He was supported by comrade NSENGIYUMVA Jeremie, General Secretary of STAVER. The […]
On Tuesday 3rd December, 2013 STAVER´s General Secretary Comrade NSENGIYUMVA Jeremie and capacity building coordinator MUEHLENHOFF Stefan went to ASSOPTHE cooperative tea plantation to meet local members of STAVER and to support them in their collective bargaining. ASSOPTHE is located in Kinihira in Rulindo District. The plantation has a size of more than 1.000 hectare. […]
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