Female footballer from Brest assisted by independent trade union in adjudging her salary 29.04.2012 Yulia Rakityanskaya, the goalkeeper of the "Victoria-86" Women's Football Club from the city of Brest, went to court and adjudged her salary, which was not paid to her since last September.more >>

Mikashevichi Town Executive Committee bans BNP to hold May Day rally 28.04.2012 The bosses of the Mikashevichi Town Executive Committee, represented by Deputy Chair Bakunovich, L. A., have found grounds to reject the application of the Belarusian Independent Trade Union (BNP) on holding a rally scheduled for May 1 in support of the primary organization of the BNP at the Republic's Unitary Enterprise (RUPE) "Granit".more >>

May Day manifestation in Bangalore Square prohibited 28.04.2012 The Minsk City Executive Committee has not sanctioned a solidarity action on May 1 – the International Labour Day. The applicants were told that some other events had been planned in Bangalore Square on that very day at the same time.more >>

"Granit" workers refuse to work on holiday 26.04.2012 The workers of the rock-extraction enterprise "Granit" in the town of Mikashevichi refused to work on the holiday of Radonitsa (All Souls' Day) contrary to the order of the factory bosses.more >>

Coordination Board of Independent Trade Unions founded in Brest Region established the 20.04.2012 On April 11, the town of Luninets hosted an organizational sitting of the Coordination Board of Independent Trade Unions of the Brest Region. The members of the Board intend to ask the leadership of the Belarusian Congress of Democratic Trade Unions (BKDP) to allot the new structure with the authorities of the Regional Representative Offices of the BKDP.more >>

Gennady Fedynich: walls of Luninets court have never seen the support rendered to Oleg Stakhaevich 13.04.2012 More than forty people came to the second session of the court to support Oleg Stakhaevich, the chairman of the primary organization of the Belarusian Independent Trade Union (BNP) of the workers of the Republic's Unitary Production Enterprise (RUPE) "Granit". Despite the arguments of the defence, the judge dismissed the lawsuit of trade union activist on illegal dismissal and restoration at work. Gennady Fedynich, Chairman of the REP Trade Union, who also took part in the session, is sure that the judge's decision was illegitimate.more >>

Court upholds dismissal of the "Granit" trade union leader 12.04.2012 The Luninets District Court has found the dismissal of Oleg Stakhaevich, the head of the primary organization of the Belarusian Independent Trade Union (BNP) at the Republic's Unitary Production Enterprise (RUPE) "Granit" situated in Mikashevichi, legitimate. About fifty leaders and activists of independent trade unions came to the trial to support Oleg Stakhaevich, the Radio Liberty reports.more >>

"Drive these people away from here!" 07.04.2012 With the help of armed securities, the head of the administration of the town of Mikashevichi Anatoly Davydovich drove the activists of the primary organization of the RUPE "Granit" of the Belarusian Independent Trade Union (BNP), who came to meet him, out of the building of the town executive committee.more >>

Another dismissal at "Granit" 20.03.2012 Gennady Pavlovsky, another activist of the independent trade union, who had worked for 20 years at the Mikashevichi-based company for extraction of building stone – the Republic's Unitary Production Enterprise (RUPE) "Granit" – as a driver of the BelAZ truck. In this way the workers are punished for an attempt to form a unit of the real trade union (the BNP). The REP Trade Union has announced a fundraising campaign to help their comrades.more >>

Leader of the primary BPN organization at "Granit" appeals against his dismissal in court 13.03.2012 Oleg Stakhaevich, the leader of the newly-created primary organization of the Belarusian Independent Trade Union (BNP) at the Republic's Unitary Production Enterprise (RUPE) "Granit" (situated in the town of Mikashevichi, Brest Region of Belarus), told the praca-by.info that he had appealed against his dismissal from in court.more >>