2016 08/06

The Committee on the norms and standards of the International Labour Organization (ILO) drew the attention of the Belarusian authorities to the need to bring national legislation into conformity with the requirements of the ILO Convention № 29, which stated prohibition of forced labor. Continue reading »
Tags: 105th Session, human rights, human rights defenders, the rights of workers, the United Nations, workers rights
2016 02/05

In Połack the picket took place in support of the deputy chairman of the Republican Free Trade Union of Belarus Mikałaj Šarach – the assistant craftsman in the Section 7 at the enterprise “Połacak-Škłovałakno” with whom the administration refuses to renew the working contract. Continue reading »
Tags: Administrative proceedings, freedom of peaceful assembly and expression, Mikałaj Šarach, Polatsak, Połacak, Połack, workers rights, Полоцк