On April 16, 2025, it was announced that the prestigious Arthur Svensson International Prize for Trade Union Rights has been awarded this year to Aliaksandr Yarashuk — Chairman of the Belarusian Congress of Democratic Trade Unions (BKDP), Vice President of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), and a member of the Governing Body of the International Labour Organization (ILO).

In the shadow of the war in Ukraine, repression in Belarus has intensified. Trade union activists have become prime targets. Many have been imprisoned, while others have been forced to continue their work from exile. But even four years after all trade union organizations were banned, the determination to change Europe’s last dictatorship remains as strong as ever.

The office of the Belarusian Congress of Democratic Trade Unions (BKDP) in exile, Salidarnast e.V., has sent a solidarity letter to the Hong

On September 21, 2024, at the FNV 2024 Solidarity Festival in Amsterdam, representatives of Belarusian independent unions told the story of

On September 21, 2024, during the FNV International Solidarity Festival, representatives of Belarusian independent unions shared the history

The leaders of the three national trade union centers in Belgium representing 3.5 million Belgian workers expressed their utter indignation

On April 19, a Day of Action for Trade Union Rights and Democracy in Belarus will be held to demand the release of imprisoned Belarusian tra

Helge Limburg, a deputy of the German Bundestag and representative of the party "Union 90/Greens," wrote another letter to his political pri

Salidarnast e.V. leader Lizaveta Merliak delivered an important address at the «IE&FLT» conference in Stavanger, Norway, which brought toget

The laureates of the Human Rights Community Award for 2023 have been announced. The awarding ceremony took place on December 10th in Vilnius

This year's IG Metall conference, which took place on November 23, attracted public attention with important discussions and adoption of res

The Congress, the Union's highest decision-making forum, which brings together 260 representatives elected by members to decide the Union's

On September 19, the BWI European Regional Conference kicked off in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, bringing together some 160 delegates a

Trade unions in many countries are regularly under pressure, so every act of solidarity that supports the fight for justice is of great impo

The trade union ver.di gathered more than 1,000 of its members at its Federal Congress, which takes place in Berlin from September 17 to 22,

Helge Limburg, a deputy of the German Bundestag and representative of the Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, recorded a video message on the second anni

Belarusians in Bremen will hold a protest rally to mark the events of August 2020, when Lukashenko's regime suppressed large-scale protests

Activists from the Chilean Anticapitalist Movement and the Chilean section of the International Socialist League (LIS) joined the internatio

Yesterday at 23:59 the marathon of solidarity with political prisoners of Belarus "We don't care!" ended.

On Monday, 24 July, a delegation of French activists of the International Socialist League (LIS) arrived at the embassy of the Republic of B