Thursday, October 13, 2022, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (EEG): Ethio-Engineering Group (EEG) and its workers sign here today Collective labor agreement providing for smooth and healthy work relations .
When Ambassador Meseganu Arega , EEG CEO inked the agreement representing the group , Gudeta Denedena, President of the group’s labor Union reciprocated the same representing the employees .
CETU (Confederation of Ethiopian Trade Union) President Kasahun Folo, Group’s Management Members, bargaining committee members, and trade union executive officers have attended the signing ceremony that kicked off at the headquarters of EEG .
Speaking on the occasion Ambassador Meseganu Arega said that organizations would be profitable and effective only when there is healthy work environment between the employer and the employees.
If workers need to have hopes and become transformational, there should be health relations between the two parties , he said adding that such joint relation would also help ensure the country’s economic development.
Coordination and collaboration between and among them is essential so as to change the working culture of the organization, he made it clear .
The CEO has finally thanked all those who contributed and worked towards the realization of the joint collective agreement.
CETU President Kasahun Folo on his part thanked former and existing Group’s management members for their contribution in the establishment of the union and for the signing of the collective agreement.
The agreement is believed to help the employer and the employees not only endure jointly ups and downs , but also ,establish eventually a successful and fruitful; organization, he said .
Understanding , and cooperation are very important , he said and went on to state that even when challenges crop up , it is good to face and solve them jointly .
It is this way and only this way that we can transcend national and international pressures, he noted .
Congratulating every one for their outstanding achievements, Group’s labor union president, Gudeta Denedena dubbed the collective agreement ‘historical’. He extended also his gratitude to EEG’s and CETU’s leadership.
The last three years saw initiatives and endeavors by the leadership and the workers so as to see a strong labor union and collective agreement, it was learnt
