News on the topic: trade unions
20.10.2011 Minsk Regional Court dismisses appeal by independent trade union leader
Minsk Regional Court has dismissed a cassational appeal by Henadz Fiadynich, chair of the Radio Electronic Industry Trade Union, who was fined BYR 700,000 for alleged involvement in organizing an unauthorized mass rally back in September.
05.10.2011 Brest authorities ban trade-union picket
As, said by Valiantsin Lazarenkau, head of the Brest branch of the Free Trade Union, the picket, planned on 7 October – the World Day of defending the right for decent work, was prohibited by the city executive committee. The reason is that the applicants hadn't concluded agreements with the communal services, police and doctors, as prescribed by the executive committee's decisions.
23.09.2011 REP trade union’s office raided
The office of one of the initiators of the People’s Assembly has been raided today night.
13.09.2011 Trade union activist Henadz Fiadynich detained by police
On 8 September Henadz Fiadynich, Chair of the Independent Trade Union of Radio Electronic Industry, was detained by the Salihorsk road police.
01.09.2011 Collective appeal to UN concerning unlawful actions of Homel City Executive Committee
Activists of the Trade Union of Radio Electronic Industry lodged a collective complaint to the UN against repeated violation of freedom of peaceful assemblies by the Homel CEC which groundlessly refused to authorize street rallies.
08.06.2011 Smaliavichy: detention of trade union activist Mikalai Pakhabau
At about 10 a.m. Mikalai Pakhabau, Chair of the Barysau town organization of the Belarusian Independent Trade Union of Radio Electronic Industry, was stopped by the road police near the town of Smaliavichy.
28.04.2011 Barysau authorities ban May Day picket
On 27 April, Barysau trade union activist Mikalai Pakhabau received a reply from local authorities denying permission for holding a picket on International Labour Solidarity Day – May 1.
15.09.2010 Democratic trade unions not invited to elaboration of general agreement with government
The Congress of the democratic trade unions hasn’t been informed so far about the work on the General Agreement between the government, employer associations and trade unions.
02.09.2010 Ministry of Justice afraid of solidarity fund
The trade union was warned that it can face troubles because of the establishment of the fund of solidarity. The decision about the establishment of the fund for giving financial support to participants of strikes was taken by the Council of the Trade Union on the initiative of the trade union organization of the Lios factory situated in the town of Baran (the Vitsebsk region).
12.08.2010 Brest police say arrest of trade union leader Chaikouski was legal
Viktar Chaikouski, deputy chair of civil association ‘Perspektyva’ and member of the Free Belarusian Trade Union, received a reply from Brest city transport police department concerning his detention at the city’s railway station back on 19 July, Radio Racyja reports.
11.08.2010 Belarusian trade union divested a right for legal protest
Salihorsk district executive committee has prohibited for the Belarusian Independent Trade Union holding a picket against violation of trade union members’ rights planned on August 14.
20.07.2010 Belarusian Association of Journalists and editors of socio-political newspapers express support to 'Salidarnasts'
19 July editors of the leading independent media of Belarus made a joint statement to support the Salidarnasts (www.gazetaby.com) independent online publication that is pressurized by trade union officials.
06.07.2010 Trade union is expelled from plant
The administration of the Babruisk plant of tractor details and aggregates issued the ruling about the forced eviction of the local organization of the Free Trade Union of Belarus from its office. The order was signed by Piatro Slabadchuk, Deputy Chairperson on ideological work. The necessity of the eviction is motivated by ‘productive necessity’. The trade union considers the order unlawful and intends to go to the law.
10.06.2010 Belarus is denied EU trade preferences again
Implementation of recommendations of the International Labor Organization (ILO) on securing freedom of trade unions in Belarus was discussed at the Labor Conference in Geneva on 9 June.
22.03.2010 Supreme Court rules in favour of Ministry of Justice
The Supreme Court of Belarus dismissed the claim by the ‘Razam’ independent trade union against the Ministry of Justice, which refused the Union state registration, Radio Racyja reports quoting the organization’s chair Iryna Yaskevich. In her verdict, Judge Larysa Filimanikhina claimed that one of the claimants Mikalai Kaniukh had been illegally elected and therefore had no legal authority to sign the claim.
