REGIONAL ENERGY TRADE UNIONS NETWORK OF SOUTH-EASTERN EUROPE

A SHORT HISTORY OF RETUN SEE FOUNDATION

In the region of S.E.Europe there were the under mentioned 3 Networks in the Energy Sector .

• The Public Services International Trade Unions Network for S.E.Europe

• The Electric Energy and Mining Trade Unions for Balkan and S.E Mediterranean Network(ICEM Member Network )

• The Oil, Gas and Chemical Industry Trade Unions of S.E. Europe Network.


European Union established Energy Community , as it was clear that the crucial conditions that appear in the Energy Sector should need essential interventions .

It was inevitable that the trade unions that participated in the above 3 mentioned networks decided to coordinate their action and create a joint trade-union network.
RETUN SEE was established in order to confront and examine everything that will be planned and be decided by the energy community for the benefit of the Workers in our region .

Therefore after a number of presidium meetings of the three networks in S.E. Europe (Network of Electric Energy & Mining Trade Unions for Balkan and S.E.Europe , PSI Network ,Oil Gas & Chemical Industry Trade Unions Network of S.E.Europe ) our unification in the Regional Energy Trade Unions Network of S.E. Europe was decided and ratified in the Foundational Congress on 30 September 2006 in Greece .

The RETUN SEE foundational Trade Union members are:

• TRADE UNION FEDERATION OF INDUSTRIAL WORKERS OF ALBANIA 
• INDEPENDENT TRADE UNION OF OIL, PATOS, ALBANIA 
• NATIONAL FEDERATION OF ENERGY WORKERS - NFE BULGARIA
• FEDERATION OF THE INDEPENDENT SYNDICATES OF Miners-knsb BULGARIA 
• CROATIAN ELECTRICITY TRADE UNION CROATIA 
• TRADE UNION OF INA COMPANY AND OIL ECONOMY CROATIA 
• INDEPENDENT TRADE UNION OF THE WORKERS OF Electro-economy OF FYROM 
• OCTA UNION A .D. SKOPJE FYROM 
• PANHELLENIC FEDERATION OF EMPLOYEES IN PETROLEUM PRODUCTS, REFINERIES & CHEMICAL INDUSTRY GREECE 
• TRADE UNION ORGANIZATION OF THE ELECTRIC ECONOMY OF MONTENEGRO 
• FEDERATION OF TRADE UNION OF THE WORKERS OF CHEMICAL INDUSTRY & ENERGY RESOURCES OF MOLDOVA 
• INDEPENDENT TRADE UNION OF ENERGY & PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY OF SERBIA 
• TRADE UNION OF WORKERS OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY EPS SERBIA 
• INDEPENDENT ENERGY TRADE UNION OF REPUBLIC OF SRPSKA 
• TRADE UNION OF ENERGY INDUSTRY WORKERS SDE SLOVENIA 
• FEDERATIA “ENERGIA MILENIULUI III” ROMANIA 
• NATIONAL FEDERATION OF CHEMICAL AND PETROCHEMICAL TRADE UNIONS “LAZAR EDELEANU” ROMANIA 
• TRADE UNION PETROL – IS TURKEY