GAZ carmaker joins All-Russia People's Front

NIZHNY NOVGOROD, July 14 (Itar-Tass) - Russia's GAZ carmaker joins the
All-Russia People's Front, the head of the plant's trade union, Yevgeny
Morozov, said on Wednesday.
He said workers of the plant decided that at a general meeting on July
8, and documents on the joining were sent to the Nizhny Novgorod
coordinating council of the People's Front on Wednesday.
According to Morozov, workers of the carmaker "believe that as an
organisation uniting all active forces of the society, the People's Front
has strong aspirations and possibilities to support initiatives of
enterprises".
"The team of GAZ workers is ready to advance initiatives with support
of the People's Front," he said. These are first of all offers on
encouraging modernisation of production, technical updating of enterprises
and state participation in design and experimental projects of Russian
carmakers, as well as on curbing prices on energy resources and metal.
These offers as well as initiatives to support social, housing,
educational and medical programs for workers were sent to the All-Russian
People's Front.