OREANDA-NEWS. May 18, 2010. Vagit Alekperov, OAO LUKOIL President, Manfred Warda, General Secretary of the International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' Unions (ICEM), Lev Mironov, Chairman of the Russian Oil, Gas and Construction Workers’ Union (ROGWU), and Georgy Kiradiev, Chairman of the Council for the International Association of LUKOIL Trade Union Organizations (OAO LUKOIL IATUO), signed a supplement agreement to the Global Cooperation Agreement in Moscow today.

According to the signed document, the Global cooperation agreement between the parties will be extended for a one-year period. 

The Global agreement with the ICEM and the ROGWU was signed in May of 2004. By signing the document LUKOIL confirmed its adherence to the principles of the UNO Global Initiative, as well as to the basic labor and environmental principles specified in the conventions of the UNO and the International Labor Organization. Under the agreement, LUKOIL intends to keep its employees’ lives and health protection as a top priority in relation to production performance.