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HANDS OF WORKERS RIGHTS! RALLY IN MINSK
Minsk, October 2 – More than 1,000 trade
union leaders and activists from various Minsk enterprises
came together to the Congress Hall of the Belorussian
Federation of Trade Unions to support BFTU leadership in
struggle against the government interference.
The meeting was urgently called after closure
of the BFTU bank accounts and storm of abusive anti-union
articles in mass media controlled by the President Lukashenko.
The Congress Hall was not big enough to met so many people and
supporters of trade union independence has filled the
corridors and recreation areas of the BFTU Headquarter
building, listening to speeches via loud-speakers.
In his appeal to Minsk unionists Vladimir
Goncharik, the BFTU President, explained the real ulterior
motives of the authorities that brought to the bank account
closure. He spoke about the incessant pressure which state
authorities have brought on the unions on the eve of the BFTU
congress, planned for October 10-11 and ILO mission to Belarus.
Brother Goncharik was strongly supported by leaders of largest
industrial unions who were present at the meeting.
Finally the participants have made a decision
to organize massive protest actions over the whole country in
defense of workers rights in Belarus. Tentatively it is
planned to hold rallies, picket lines or strikes on October 19
that may coincide with the dates of the ILO mission to Belarus
– on October 18-20.
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