Representing members' interests The Labour Institution Act has a provision of establishment of a tripartite advisory body called LESCO (Labour Economic Social Council). LESCO was established in September 2005 and has so far conduced three important meetings on implementation of the new labour law regime. ATE represent all Tanzanian employers in LESCO, where we have until now primarily used our influence to put pressure on the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Youth Development to finally implement the new labour laws. We are - and hope all our members are too - ready to reap the benefits of the improved labour relation rules and procedures. ATE participates in several other tripartite forums to raise the employers' voice and to become knowledgeable about various labour issues. We often invite or even delegate it to members to represent ATE in such forums. So please inform the ATE secretariat if you wish to offer your resources in this way. We will of course - through the newsletters - keep you informed about the topics discussed in these forums, so that you can put forward your views to us. We are a member of the tripartite HIV/AIDS Working Group and participated recently in a workshop where we prepared the "Tripartite Code of Good Conduct on HIV/AIDS at Workplaces in Tanzania". We are very active participating in the tripartite Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) framework as a Member of the Ministerial Advisory Board of OSHA. Every year we take part in the commemoration of the International Safety Day in April. |
