PETITION TO EALA
This petition is jointly made by the East African Employers Organization (EAEO) with a potential outreach of more than 8500 companies and business entities,100 associations and chambers affiliated to national employers organisations and the East African Trade Union Confederation (EATUC) representing more than 2.5 million workers organized in the unions affiliated to the national trade union centers, the regional apex bodies for employers’ organisations and national trade union centers across the East African Community.
PETITON TO THE EAST AFRICAN LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY REGARDING WORK/RESIDENCE PERMITS IN EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY FOR THE CITIZENS OF THE PARTNER STATES
This petition is jointly made by the East African Employers Organization (EAEO) with a potential outreach of more than 8500 companies and business entities,100 associations and chambers affiliated to national employers organizations and the East African Trade Union Confederation (EATUC) representing more than 2.5 million workers organized in the unions affiliated to the national trade union centers, the regional apex bodies for employers’ organisations and national trade union centers across the East African Community. EAEO is a regional organization of employers established for the promotion of the development and protection of the employers’ interests in the East African Community and committed to ensure that employers’ organizations of member states become active partners in the process and development of the East African Community.
It was legally registered in the United Republic of Tanzania under the Trade Unions Act in 2011 and its membership includes; Association des Employeurs du Burundi (AEB), Association of Tanzania Employers (ATE), Federation of Kenya Employers (FKE), Federation of Uganda Employers (FUE), Private Sector Federation of Rwanda (PSF-RWANDA) and Zanzibar Employers’ Association (ZANEMA).
EATUC is a regional confederation of trade unions whose main goal is to intergrate workrers’ interests and efforts in the East African region with a view to develop a common approach towards enhancing social and economic justice through the participation of workers’ organizations at all levels of the regional integration. EATUC was establsihed in 1988 and currently is composed of Confédértion des syndicats du Burundi (COSYBU), Central Organization of Trade Unions (Kenya) (COTU-K), Centrale des syndicats des Travailleurs du Rwanda (CESTRAR), Trade Unions Congress of Tanzania (TUCTA), National Organization of Trade Unions (NOTU) and Zanzibar Trade Union Congress (ZATUC).
The two apex bodies are represented all over the East African Community and have their independent offices in Arusha, Tanzania. They are collectively responsible for lobbying and advocacy to foster a vibrant regional labour market. This explains why EAEO and EATUC are major stakeholders in this matter regarding the free movement of workers within the East African Community. It is also important to note that free movement of workers is one of pillars for the promotion of the spirit of East African Community and therefore calls for deeper scrutiny and the need to have all the stakeholders heard.
