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Gennady Fedynich: "Those who choose passive strategy – choose authorities` strategy"

For the last year, the independent trade-union movement of Belarus saw a lot of changes. All the independent trade unions got united "under the umbrella" of the BKDP (Belarusian Congress of Democratic Trade Unions). However, debates on the tactics and strategy of trade-union movement never stopped. What should the modern Belarusian independent trade unions look like? What could the potential for their progress be and what is the reason of putting a spoke in each other's wheels? The Praca-by.info had a talk on these topics with Gennady Fedynich, Chairman of the Belarusian Independent Radio and Electronic Workers' Union (REP).

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News WORK TO YURI LOBAN! 04.12.2009

BelAZ: ROUGHEST VIOLATIONS OF WORKER'S RIGHTS! WORK TO YURI LOBAN! Presidium of the Board of the Belarusian Radio and Electronic Industry Workers' Union made a stand for the redundant trade union activist Yuri Loban. The Trade Union REP/AM starts international campaign of solidarity to defend the worker.

BelAZ: ROUGHEST VIOLATIONS OF WORKER'S RIGHTS!

LET US DEFEND THE WORKER!

STATEMENT

of the Board of the Belarusian Radio and Electronic Industry Workers' Union

Yuri Loban, a foreman of porters at the Republic's Unitary Production Enterprise (RUPE) "Belarusian Automobile Factory" (BelAZ), has addressed the Board of the Belarusian Radio and Electronic Industry Workers' Union because the administration of the enterprise had refused to extend his employment agreement (contract), while the local trade union committee of the Belarusian Union of the Automobile and Agrarian Machine Builders (ASM) had refused to defend him.

Yuri Loban is a member of the ASM; however, his local trade union committee refused to defend the worker. According to our information, Yuri Loban is "guilty" of exhibiting interest to the information materials on defence of workers' rights disseminated by the Independent Trade Union of the Belarusian Radio and Electronic Industry Workers' (REP/AM) and the International Federation of Metalworkers, which unites over twenty-five million workers all over the world.

The Board of the REP/AM believes that the groundless refusal of the administration of the RUPE BelAZ to extend Yuri Loban's employment contract is a roughest violation of human rights, Conventions of the International Labour Organization, the Constitution and the Labour Code of the Republic of Belarus, and declares its solidarity with Yuri Loban. We call on the international trade union movement to render solidarity support to Yuri Loban in his fight for the right to work and demand from the administration of the RUPE BelAZ to conclude a permanent employment contract with Yuri Loban, the foreman of porters.

WORK TO YURI LOBAN!

Presidium of the Board of the Belarusian

Radio and Electronic Industry

Workers' Union

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