Six days ago Leanid Hladzevich, a driver working at the “Granite” plant in the city of Mikashevichy, went on a hunger-strike of protest against the pressurization of members of the independent trade-union and deprivation of the head of its local unit, Aleh Stakhayevich, of driver's license for six months.
On 28 November 2011 the civil cases panel of judges of the Minsk City Court, consisting of N. Zhupikava, A.Antonenka and I. Lazavikova considered the administrative lawsuit of counsel Aleh Aheyeu against the unlawful annulment of his lawyer's license by the Ministry of Justice.
Civil activist Stanislau Khaladovich works as a relief plumber at the Ivatsevichy water supply point. On Thursday he was urgently summonsed to work and was told that on his day off, 2 December he would have to work at the water-treatment facilities which are located in the wood. Khaladovich wasn't explained the reasons for it.
Members of the Belarusian Independent Trade Union from the “Naftan” plant have received a fourth ban on holding a picket aimed at informing Navapolatsk citizens about the refusal of the plant administration to conclude a collective agreement with the independent trade union.
The third hearing concerning the financial compensation for extra work, filed by an activist of the Free Trade Union, Mikalai Sharakh, against the administration of the open joint-stock company “Shklovalakno” (“Fiberglass”) took place on 11 November.
About 20 workers of a workshop of the Slonim cardboard and paper plant “Albiartsin” wrote applications for leaving the official Federation of Trade Unions of Belarus. They decided to create a unit of the Free Trade Union. The reason for such a decision is the failure of the state trade union to solve their problems.
The head of the sawing plant “Yunona”, Uladzimir Ivanou, warned its workers that they were banned from coming to the central square of Maladechna on Saturday, and they would be fired on Monday if they disobeyed. Many workers were surprised at such a ban, but nobody explained anything to them.
On 2 September Aliaksandr Pylchanka, Chair of the Minsk City Bar, made an application for the termination of his powers after the Ministry of Justice issued the proposal for the long-term revocation of the lawyer from this position. The discussion of this proposal and the lawyer’s application will take place at the general assembly of the Minsk City Bar on 24 September. It’s worth mentioning that it is not the first time the Ministry of Justice tries to pressurize the head of the Bar.
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