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Labour, protests, and state capitalism in Belarus, three years on

Last week, two labour activists from Naftan oil refinery were detained by Belarusian security service KGB on charges of undermining national

50th anniversary of the military coup in Chile

September 11 marked the 50th anniversary of the 1973 military coup in Chile that overthrew Salvador Allende, a socialist president backed by

Lukashenka regime tries to control workers through access to information

In Belarus, there is an active information campaign to intimidate workers of state enterprises by ideologues of Lukashenka's regime. The mai

ILO condemns Belarus’ violation of union rights

The International Labour Conference has taken an unprecedented step to challenge Lukashenka’s denial of freedom of association

ILO wants to force Lukashenka to comply with international rules

The 111th International Labour Conference (ILC) began in Geneva on June 5, with delegates from around the world discussing pressing issues r

Technogenic catastrophe that caused political changes in Belarus

Today marks the 37th anniversary of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, which changed not only the environmental situation in

Belarus: support jailed trade unionists

On the anniversary of the imprisonment of Belarus’ union leadership, Europe must renew efforts for the release of political prisoners.

27 years of struggle: ILO begins to force Belarus to comply with labor standards

In November 2022, the Governing Body of the International Labor Organization (ILO) decided to begin enforcing international labor rights obl

“Belarusian workers have no desire to fight in Ukraine”

Acting Chairperson of the Belarusian Congress of Democratic Trade Unions Maksim Pazniakou is sure of this, and believes that neither Belarus

Belarus is a country without trade unions

Mass trials have begun in Belarus against leaders and activists of free and independent trade unions united in the Congress of Democratic Tr