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Overview
Lobbying Costs
25,000€ - 49,999€
Financial year: Jan 2021 - Dec 2021
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1 Fte (3)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
2
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Latvijas Brīvo arodbiedrību savienība (LBAS)
EU Transparency Register
844603627356-46 First registered on 20 Jun 2017
Goals / Remit
Free Trade Union Confederation of Latvia (LBAS) is the biggest non-governmental organisation in Latvia, which protects the interests of professional trade union members and employees on the branch and inter-branch level.
LBAS coordinates the cooperation between 19 independent trade unions, represents and protects the interests of its members in national and international institutions, implements a joint working programme.
The purpose of LBAS activities is to protect the interests of trade union members. The main principle of operation is solidarity – joint coordinated actions of the affiliates. LBAS represents its members' interests and protects their rights in the socio economic field.
Together with the government and Latvian Employers' Confederation LBAS works in the National Tripartite Cooperation Council. LBAS observes the principles of social dialogue in cooperation with the social partners.
LBAS participates in the elaboration of economic and social development program (...)Main EU files targeted
All EU initiatives, policies and legislative files in the field of employment, education, social issues (Working Time Directive, Posting of workers, Coordination of social security systems, Free movement of workers, Internal market (Services package, Directive on work-life balance for parents and carers, EC proposal on Minimum wage directive, Minimum income), Work-life balance Directive, International trade agreements (TTIP, CETA, TISA), Company law, Youth Employment, European Social dialogue, European Semester cycle, Gender Equality, European Social Rights Pillar, Workers' participation (including European Works Councils) etc.).
Address
Head Office
Bruņinieku Str. 29/31
Riga LV-1001
LATVIAEU Office
Bruņinieku Str. 29/31
Riga LV-1001
LATVIAWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
3
Employment time Lobbyists 50% 1 25% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
Person with legal responsibility
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
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Categories
Category
Trade unions and professional associations
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Networking
Affiliation
www.etuc.org
https://www.ituc-csi.org/
http://bastun.nu/Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Closed financial year
Jan 2021 - Dec 2021
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
25,000€ - 49,999€
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Grant ESF 395,000€ Major contributions in current year
Type Name Amount Grant ESF 118,234€ Intermediaries for closed year
Name Amount lbas 0€ - 10,000€ Intermediaries for current year
Name lbas Closed year Costs
25,000€ - 49,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Advisory Committee on Vocational Training#X01803#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=1803 #Member #C#Employees/workers#Advisory Committee on free movement of workers#X01784#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=1784 #Member #C#Employees/workers#Comité consultatif pour la sécurité et la santé sur le lieu de travail#X01211#ANTAPSONS Ziedonis #https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=1211 #Member #B#Other
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
2 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't publish information about such meetings. All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 29 Sep 2023 Location Riga (LV) Subject The Social Dialogue package and the progress on collective agreements. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit Portfolio Jobs and Social Rights Attending - Anouk Faber (Cabinet member)
- Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner)
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Date 08 Mar 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Meeting on minimum wages. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit Portfolio Jobs and Social Rights Attending - Anouk Faber (Cabinet member)
- Ana Carla Pereira (Cabinet member)
- Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner)
Other Lobbyists - Českomoravská konfederace odborových svazů
- European Trade Union Institute
- Irish Congress Trade Unions
- Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund
- European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism Trade Unions
- The Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions SAK
- EUROPEAN TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION
- Confederazione Generale Italiana del Lavoro