Breaking News:
- The Somali Congress of Trade Unions (SOCOTU) welcomes the improvements made by the Federal Government in the area of debt relief
- SOCOTU is delighted to extend a warm welcome to the IMF for the Staff-Level Agreement of the Sixth Review under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) with the Federal Republic of Somalia
- Somali Congress of Trade Unions (SOCOTU) Urges Government and Employers to Raise Wages Amidst Soaring Inflation
- Addressing Inflation Concerns for Somali Workers
- Somali Congress of Trade Unions (SOCOTU) Executive Board Meeting Advocates for Workers’ Freedom of Association
5. Organising Department
Abdirahman Mohamed, Head of Organizing Department
The department is responsible for coordinating associations within the informal economy in the nation. It also plays a role in formulating policies that address the rights of self-employed individuals and those with uncertain wages in microenterprises, with the aim of ensuring:
To establish robust and larger industrial unions, united under a single national center.
- To achieve complete unionization across all labor-utilizing sectors.
- To unify unions through mergers, amalgamations, and federations.
- To coordinate and bolster trade union endeavors in Somalia, aiming for increased solidarity within the working class through both organic and mechanized means.
- To encourage adherence to established constitutional principles among affiliate members and the general constituency.
- To engage with union leadership, affiliate representatives, and secretariat departments to identify labor and civic concerns impacting worker well-being.
- To communicate with the workforce about political, social, and economic matters.
- To collaborate with union leadership, affiliate representatives, secretariat, and SOCOTU structures and departments to discern necessities for national events.
- To offer guidance to leadership regarding worker-centric matters necessitating action.
- To translate resolutions from leadership and congress into actionable plans.
- To prepare project proposals and budgets for departmental efforts aimed at organizing activities.
