Seeking to reach and implement its goals, defending rights and interests of LSU members, the Lithuanian Seamen’s Union:

8.1. Under Lithuanian and international legislative enactments, independently or together with other trade unions concludes with employers Collective agreements.
8.2. Supervises compliance with labour laws, pursues absence of any violations of collective contracts, agreements, social contracts, rights of workers and occupational safety norms. Seeks and demands from the management bodies and administration of shipping companies and enterprises to comply with them.
8.3. Represent and defends rights and legal demands of LSU, ITF and ETF members during resolution of labour disputes in court, labour arbitration, state and executive authorities in the Republic of Lithuania and, with assistance of the International Transport Workers Federation and the European Transport Workers Federation, abroad. Provides legal, financial support for LSU members.
8.4. Demands to suspend works if continuing such works may cause emergency, danger for people’s life or health, cause considerable damage to environment.
8.5. Demands from an employer to withdraw their decisions which violate labour, economical and social rights and interests of LSU members presupposed by legislative enactments of the Republic of Lithuania.
8.6. Demands from state and administrative institutions, employers to provide information necessary for its activities regarding labour, economical and social issues.
8.7. Demands that labour, economical, social issues in cases presupposed by the legislative enactments of the Republic of Lithuania be resolved with LSU Board’s approval.
8.8. Controls how an employer follows and complies with labour, economical, social laws connected with rights and interests of workers, Collective contract and agreements. With this purpose it may found inspections, legal support services or use assistance of such services. Members of LSU Board or authorized representatives carrying our the control functions specified herein have a right to visit without hindrance enterprises, subdivisions and ships where LSU, ITF and ETF members work, to familiarize themselves with documents regarding labour, economical and social conditions.
8.9. Cooperates with Lithuanian and foreign trade unions and other organizations, supports and encourages education, professional training of seamen and propaganda of maritime culture.

If disagreements between LSU and an employer or a subject authorized to conclude a Collective contract cannot be resolved by negotiations, LSU advances its demands in the following order:

12.1. A decision to advance corresponding demands is made at the LSU Board session if more than a half (I/2) of the LSU Board members vote for the proposal to advance certain demands.
12.2. LSU Board puts its demands in exact and justified manner, presents them in writing and hands in to an employer or a subject of a collective contract. In the demands it is stated that an employer or a subject of a collective contract to which such demands are advanced should comply with requrements of legislative enactments of the Republic of Lithuania.
12.3. If a collective disagreement cannot be resolved in the order set forth by the legislation of the Republic of Lithuania ori f an employer does not fulfill decisions of a mediation commission (labour arbitration, court of referees), LSU may make a decision to declare a strike (including a warning one) at such enterprise.

In accordance with the order set forth by the legislation of the Republic of Lithuania, an LSU division preparuos and organizes a strike. Suc h strik eis declared in the following order:

13.1. A committee of LSU division ar a division‘s chairman organines and holds a SECRET vote on declaring a strike at an enterprise or structural subdivision.
13.2. A strike is declared if it was secretly voted for:
– To declare a strike at an enterprise – 2/3 of its workers;
– To declare a strike at a structural subdivision – 2/3 of this subdivision’s workers and more than a half (1/2) of all the workers at an enterprise.
13.3. Provided there is the necessary majority of votes a strike is declared by a meeting (conference) of the LSU division. The strik eis lead by the strike committee elected at the meeting (conference) of the LSU division.

LSU members have a right:

18.1. To elect and be elected to LSU management bodies;
18.2. To supervise, control activities of LSU bodies, to make proposals, to criticize work of LSU bodies, officers;
18.3. To receive information about work of LSU bodies;
18.4. To receive from LSU legal support and defence in state authorities and in court, in case of conflicts with employer in the Republic of Lithuania and abroad;
18.5. To receive legal support on all the issues connected with employment;
18.6. To hand in an application to leave LSU, having paid membership fees up to the moment of leaving LSU and having returned a membership card.

LSU members should:

19.1. Follow the present Bylaws and decisions of LSU management bodies;
19.2. Respectfully represent LSU and defend its interests;
19.3. Actively participate in the LSU activities;
19.4. Pay membership fees of set amount to LSU from the income received for their work;
19.5. Comply with requests provided in the Collective and labour contract, as well as in agreements between LSU and employers;
19.6. Observe professional ethics and keep the honour of Lithuanian seaman.

LSU conference:

31.1. Approves, changes and amends LSU Bylaws;
31.2. Reads over reports of LSU Chairman and Revision Committee for the reporting period, makes decisions;
31.3. Reads over and approves a report of Treasury Committee;
31.4. May pass a no-confidence motion against LSU Board, LSU Chairman before the end of their cadence;
31.5. Elects LSU Board, Treasury and Revision Committees;
31.6. Approves or grants authorities to LSU Board to approve amounts of LSU entrance and membership fees;
31.7. Grants authorities to an LSU member to conclude and sign on behalf of LSU a labour contract with newly elected LSU Chairman.
31.8. Solves other issues proposed by LSU Board.

Rights and obligations of LSU Board:

33.1. To organize at the period between LSU conferences activities of LSU in accordance with LSU Bylaws, to fulfill decision of conferences and the Board, to solve current issues;
33.2. To call conferences, to determine a number of delegates, representation of delegates for LSU divisions and LSU members who are not members of LSU divisions, to set a date, place of the conference;
33.3. To prepare and propose issues to be considered by the conference;
33.4. To elect for the LSU Board members and kandidates for LSU Board members the chairman, his three deputies, a secretary for four years or to make a decision to inkite specialists for these positions having signed labour contracts, or to dismiss them before the end of the term of contract, if there is a valid reason;
33.5. To make a decision to found or close LSU divisions or LSU groups;
33.6. To approve appointment of chairmen of LSU divisions uniting more than 250 LSU members and their deputies for four years;
33.7. To approve authorized delegates of LSU groups;
33.8. To accept to and expel from LSU;
33.9. To create permanent and temporary committees, to confirm directions of their work;
33.10. To confirm amount of LSU staff members, their positions and salaries, to confirm their position descriptions;
33.11. To confirm income and expendtures calculation (budget) prepared by the LSU Treasury Committee and to control its fulfillment.
33.12. To set financial benefits for LSU members, to dispose of LSU property and funds;
33.13. To make a decision to grant the name of Honoured member of LSU.
33.14. To make a decision to put LSU members forward for decoration with “Badge of honour of a sea transport worker of the Republic of Lithuania” or other awards of the Republic of Lithuania;
33.15. To open and keep relations with international, foreign and Lithuanian trade unions and other organizations, with other physical and legal entities abroad and in Lithuania;
33.16. To make decisions about transfer from candidates to members of LSU Board;
33.17. To consider and solve other important issues of LSU.

LSU Chairman:

37.1. Represents LSU in all the issues, in all the bodies, institutions, authorities and organizations in the Republic of Lithuania and abroad without a separate power of attorney;
37.2. Signs on behalf of LSU documents, powers of attorney;
37.3. Concludes and signs on behalf of LSU Collective contracts with employers in Lithuania and abroad;
37.4. Hires staff members, concludes labour contracts with them and dismisses them from work in the order set forth by the legislation of the Republic of Lithuania;
37.5. Manages LSU activities, presides at the Board sessions. If the LSU Chairman for some reason temporary is unable to be present, against the chairman‘s power of attorney his duties are performed by his deputy;
37.6. Signs job descriptions for staff members hired under labour contracts;
37.7. Concludes and signs on behalf of LSU agreements and contracts. If such contracts are not fulfilled, organizes solutions of disputes and actions.

A meeting (conference) of LSU division with participation of at least 250 LSU members:

42.1. Elects an LSU division committee for a period of four years.
42.2. Reads over a report of the Chairman of LSU division on the work done by the committee during the reporting period;
42.3. Elects delegates for LSU conference;
42.4. Considers and makes decisions on all the other issues referring to the competence of a division.

Meeting (conference) of LSU division uniting up to 250 LSU members:

43.1. Reads over a report of the chairman of LSU division on the work accomplished by him during the reporting period;
43.2. Elects delegates for LSU conference;
43.3. Considers and makes decisions on all the other issues referring to the competence of a division.

LSU division committee:

44.1. Elects the chairman of LSU division and his deputy for the period of four years from the committee members;
44.2. Approves plan of work and sets periodicity of committee sessions;
44.3. Participates in preparation of the Collective contract and controls its fulfillment;
44.4. Represents and defends rights and interests of LSU division members;
44.5. Accepts new members to LSU;
44.6. Presents to the LSU Board proposals regarding expelling from LSU;
44.7. Has a seal with the name of the division;
44.8. Solves all the other current issues connected with the LSU division activities.

The Chairman of an LSU division:

45.1. Represents the division in all the issues referring to the competence of an LSU division at the enterprise, in institutions and organizations in Lithuania;
45.2. Manages work of a division, presides at the sessions of the LSU division committee. If the chairman for some valid reason cannot participate, on the basis of the chairman’s power of attorney his duties are performed by his deputy;
45.3. Implements decisions of the conference and LSU Board, meeting (conference) of an LSU division or a committee;
45.4. Provides the Chairmand and the LSU Board with information about current situation and problems in the division and at the enterprise which he represents. Proposals, for solution and implementation of which a decision of the LSU Board is needed, should be presented in writing;
45.5. If necessary, invites the chairman of LSU or other members of the LSU Board to the sessions of the committee, meetings (conferences) of LSU division, meetings with workers;
45.6. Fulfils other requirements of the LSU Bylaws and job descriptions (instructions) referring to the competence of the chairman of an LSU division.

Rights and obligations of an authorized delegate of an LSU group:

48.1. To keep a list of his group;
48.2. To keep closely in touch with and participate in the work of the LSU division committee, the LSU Board, to inform them about the group‘s problems. He has a deliberative vote at the committee sessions;
48.3. To familiarize members of the group with decisions (decrees) of the LSU Board, the division ocmmittee, with Collective contract and the course of its fulfillment, to collect and present to the commettee (the chairman) of the LSU division proposals regarding a new contract;
48.4. To help members of the group to receive necessary assistance and information;
48.5. To present to the chairman of the LSU division and the LSU division committee information about current situation and problems in the group which he represents. Proposals, for solution and implementation of which a decision of the LSU division committee or the LSU division conference is needed are to be presented in writing;
48.6. If necessary, to invite the chairman of the LSU division or other members of the committee to the meetings of the group;

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