Gennady Fedynich: "Our main aim is to strengthen the influence of the real economy sector" 19.01.2012 The Chairman of the REP Trade Union Gennady Fedynich told in his interview to the correspondent of the "Rabochaya Solidarnost" (Workers' Solidarity) about the new tasks of the trade union, shared his plans about formation of the Council of the BKDP (Belarusian Congress of Democratic Trade Unions) and called for union solidarity.more >>

Workers of "Granit" visit Soligorsk and tell about pressure on BNP members 18.01.2012 On January 16, Soligorsk hosted a meeting of the new members of the Belarusian Independent Trade Union (BNP) – workers of the Republic's Unitary Production Enterprise RUPE "Granit" (located in the town of Mikashevichi, Luninets District, Brest Region of Belarus) with the leaders of the BNP and the Belarusian Congress of Democratic Trade Unions (BKDP). They had to hold the meeting in the private house of Nikolai Zimin, Chairman of the BNP, since repeated attempts to arrange the meeting in administrative premises were unsuccessful.more >>

Head of the Brest Regional Executive Power promises BNP members better working conditions 11.01.2012 After a number of workers of the Republic's Unitary Production Enterprise (RUPE) "Granit" (located in the city of Mikashevichi, Brest Region of Belarus) joined the primary organization of the Belarusian Independent Trade Union (BNP), administration officials began hinting them on non-renewal of their labour contracts and possible problems at attestation. Konstantin Sumar, Chairman of the Brest Regional Executive Committee, who visited the RUPE, promised to improve the working conditions at the enterprise and assured that the administration would not interfere with workers' membership in the BNP.more >>

REP Trade Union activists bring smiles of children 11.01.2012 For almost a month activists of the Belarusian Trade Union of Workers of Electronics Industry (REP) had been gathering – in collaboration with activists of the public campaign "European Belarus" – the necessary articles for one of the Minsk children's homes.more >>

BKDP Congress passed in hot debates 16.12.2011 The Congress was attended by delegates of the member-organizations of the BKDP – the Belarusian Independent Trade Union (BNP), the REP Trade Union, the Free Trade Union of Belarus (SPB) and the Free Trade Union of Metalworkers (SPM), who came from all regions of Belarus. In total, 99 out of 104 elected delegates took part in the work of the forum. Alexander Yaroshuk was re-elected as the Chairman of the BKDP for his fourth term.more >>

KGB returns nonworking office equipment to REP Trade Union 13.12.2011 For almost a year the office equipment of the REP Trade Union – several computers, system blocks and electronic data carriers – was kept by the Belarusian Committee for State Security (KGB). Today, on December 13, the trade union received its equipment back; however, everything – in nonworking condition. The trade union documents, confiscated together with the equipment, are still kept by the KGB.more >>

REP Trade Union helps workers to return over 90 million roubles 13.12.2011 As a result of judicial litigations held in January-September 2011, the lawyers of the REP Trade Union managed to adjudge 90,146,662 roubles in favour of the workers, who suffered from employers' lawlessness.more >>

BNP: "Our goal is to urge workers to enjoy all the legitimate rights in full" 09.12.2011 On the eve of the International Human Rights Day, marked on December 8, the Belarusian Independent Trade Union (BNP) has organized a roundtable on the problems of observance of human rights in Belarus. The event was attended by the BNP leadership and trade union journalists.more >>

BNP asks "Belneftekhim" about real wages, privatization process and TA implementation 07.12.2011 During the next round of negotiations on implementation of the Tariff Agreement (TA), the Belarusian Independent Trade Union (BNP) made a number of comments and raised questions about the amount of real wages in the industry branch, about the workers' rights to buy shares in privatized enterprises, and about implementation of a number of TA provisions.more >>

Trial on People`s Assembly case in Vitebsk postponed because of prosecution failure 05.12.2011 The respondents in the case on organization on holding the People's Assembly in the city of Vitebsk have insisted on postponement of the judicial session because of inconsistency of the prosecution. The organizers of the assembly were accused of breaking two mutually excluding laws – "On Mass Events" and "On Republic's and Local Assemblies".more >>