70% of Kazakhstan companies are ‘non-union’

President of Trade Unions Federation Abelgazy Kusainov.In Kazakhstan 70% of companies do not have trade unions, this has been informed today by the president of Trade Unions Federation Abelgazy Kusainov, inform.kz reports.

He recalled that in many companies an employer chooses a union representative from employees. 

At present there are almost 170,000 enterprises in Kazakhstan which major part relates to small and medium-sized businesses.