The Trade Union of Education and Science Workers of Ukraine (TUESWU; uk, Профспілка працівників освіти і науки України, PON) is a

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representing workers in two related sectors in

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

. The union was established on 14 September 1990, as the successor to the Ukrainian section of the Soviet Education, Higher Schools and Scientific Institutions Workers' Union. It affiliated to the

Federation of Trade Unions of Ukraine The Federation of Trade Unions of Ukraine (known by its Ukrainian acronym, FPU) is an all-Ukrainian voluntary association of trade unions. It is the largest trade union confederation in Ukraine, with more than 4.8 million members. As of 1 August 20 ...

. The union supported the

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protests, but lost significant membership with the

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and declarations of independence in the Luhansk and Donetsk regions. By early 2016, it had 1,678,674 members, making it the largest trade union in the country.

Presidents

:1990: Leonid Sachkov :2010: :2015: Georgiy Trukhanov

References

External links

*{{official website, https://pon.org.ua/ Education trade unions Trade unions established in 1990 Trade unions in Ukraine