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Exiled and imprisoned, Belarusian trade unionists fight on
Adapted from a talk given at the “Labour Movements Under Authoritarian Regimes” webinar hosted by Global Labour Column, Salidarnast e.V.,
Mar 175 min read


The campaign "Trade Union Activism Is Not Extremism!"
On March 1, 2025, the international campaign "Trade Union Activism Is Not Extremism!"
Mar 101 min read

Sign the petition to support independent trade unions in Belarus
The LabourStart platform has started collecting signatures under the petition as part of the “Trade Union Activism - Not Extremism!” campaig
Mar 101 min read


Contract work — a tool for pressure and discrimination in Belarus
Leanid Sudalenka, the Salidarnast lawyer, is convinced that then system of fixed-term contract employment in Belarus contradicts at least
Mar 104 min read


PERC Youth Committee calls for release of Belarusian unionists
On March 3–4, 2025, the ITUC Headquarters hosted an ordinary meeting of the Youth Committee of the Pan-European Regional Council (PERC).
Mar 101 min read


When fighting for rights is seen as crime: what charges did Yarashuk face
These days, the Governing Body of the International Labour Office (ILO) holds its meeting in Geneva.
Mar 106 min read


Siarhei Antusevich: “In jail and after jail political prisoners are non-persons for the State”
Vice-President of the Belarusian Congress of Democratic Trade Unions (BKDP) Siarhei Antusevich has shared with “Salidarnast” a story of livi
Mar 413 min read


Volha Brytsikava: Why a union leader was declared “terrorist”
Currently, there are 29 union leaders and activists doing time in Belarusian prisons. The “Salidarnast” Association starts a series of publi
Feb 276 min read


How pro-Government unions help employers manipulate workers
What goes on in the higher education system of Belarus.
Feb 274 min read


Key figures controlling university HR policies are KGB officers
What goes on today in the higher education system of Belarus.
Feb 244 min read
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