March 1, 2018

Employees Union Annual Meeting

The annual meeting of the MPI's Employees Union was held on February 24th to hear the report of the Union Committee and elect new Committee members. The Committee represents the interests of 147 Union members. In 2017, the Committee held two conciliation meetings to make changes into the Collective Agreement, processed 62 applications for lump-sum pecuniary aid, recreation and medical treatment compensation, maternity benefits, seniors support, monetary loans and dormitory applications as reported by its Chair, Semen Gotovtsev. Sixteen cultural and sports events and five activities for children were organized. MPI's sport teams won medals in 6 disciplines at the Spartaciad of the Yakutsk research institutes and took an overall-first place. The Annual Meeting elected 11 new members of the Committee. Igor Syromyatnikov will lead the Committee in the coming year.