Trade union activity is not extremism!
The campaign "Trade Union Activity - Not Extremism!" was launched to draw international attention to the situation of workers' rights in Bel
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- Apr 7
- 1 min
Cotton Campaign held an action of solidarity with Belarusian trade unionists
On 6 April, the Cotton Campaign held its annual meeting in Washington DC, including a public meeting to discuss the progress made by the coa
- Apr 5
- 1 min
Pazniakou: "We are witnessing the logical end of relations between Lukashenka's regime and the ILO"
Chairman of the Belarusian Independent Trade Union (BNP) and Acting Chairman of the Belarusian Congress of Democratic Trade Unions (BKDP) Ma
- Apr 3
- 1 min
Sentences for the leaders of the REP trade union were upheld
On 5 January political prisoners Hennadz Fiadynich, Vasil Berasneu and Vatslau Areshka, accused in the "REP trade union case", were sentence
- Apr 3
- 2 min
Bundestag deputy wrote an open letter to political prisoner Andrei Paheryla
"Godfathers" of political prisoners continue to publish open letters for their wards, because the administrations of Belarusian prisons deli
- Mar 30
- 1 min
Leanid Sudalenka has been behind bars for 800 days
Human rights defender and trade union lawyer Leanid Sudalenka has already served 800 days. He is now in a penal colony, where he is serving
- Mar 29
- 4 min
Belarusians "exposed" at the 2020 protests are not hired
Earlier we wrote that mass layoffs of “unreliable” workers who were seen in protests or independent trade unions do not stop in Belarus. How
- Mar 28
- 2 min
Esther Lynch: "We can't accept the fact that independent unions are being destroyed"
The Secretary General of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) reacted to the decision of the Supreme Court of Belarus, which on Mar
- Mar 27
- 1 min
REP trade union activist detained on the eve of Freedom Day
On 24 March, mass searches and detentions took place in Babruisk, the human rights centre Viasna reported. Some citizens were released after
- Mar 27
- 2 min
The AFL-CIO congratulated the workers of Belarus and activists of the BKDP on Freedom Day
The American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Trade Unions (AFL-CIO) supports trade unions and workers of Belarus in their struggl
- Mar 27
- 1 min
Bremen Belarusians celebrated Freedom Day with a quiz on the history of the BNR
On March 25, the day of the proclamation of the independence of the Belarusian People's Republic, Belarusians from Bremen, Germany, held a q
- Mar 24
- 1 min
The verdict against the BKDP leaders was left unchanged
Today, March 24, 2023, the Supreme Court of the Republic of Belarus considered an appeal against the decision of the Minsk City Court agains
- Mar 23
- 1 min
Joining the FPB - an order for all state-owned enterprises
Two new employees at Minsk plant "Termoplast" were fired on the first day for refusing to join a pro-government trade union organization, pa
- Mar 17
- 2 min
At Belaruskali, dozens of workers are being laid off
As it became known, hidden layoffs have become more frequent at the largest potash enterprise in Belarus. It became known about dozens of ca
- Mar 13
- 1 min
European trade union leaders demanded the release of the Belarusian trade union activists
On March 10, in Brussels (Belgium), the Executive Committee of the All-European Regional Council of the ITUC (PERC ITUC ETUC) held a meeting
- Mar 13
- 2 min
Mass dismissals for political reasons in Belarus
Persecution of disloyal workers in Belarus has become permanent and widespread. This was confirmed by the dismissal of about 30 employees at
- Mar 6
- 1 min
An appeal in the case of the BKDP and the REP trade union will be considered in March
It became known that this month the court will consider the appeals against the verdicts handed down to the leaders of the democratic trade
- Mar 3
- 1 min
Nobel laureate sentenced to 10 years in prison
On March 3, the court of the Leninsky district of Minsk announced the verdict against the human rights activists of Viasna. Judge Maryna Zap
- Mar 2
- 2 min
Trade union activist's wife arrested for following Facebook group
Sviatlana Stukava, wife of Viktar Stukau, activist of the Free Trade Union of Belarus, was detained the day before yesterday right at work.
- Feb 28
- 2 min
A trade union activist ended his hunger strike after 51 days
It became known that the defendant in the "Rabochy Rukh" case and activist of Belarusian Independent Trade Union Aliaksandr Kapshul stopped
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