News on the topic: dismissals
01.04.2013 Another activist of independent trade union dismissed from "Granite"
Anatol Litvinka, one of the founders of the independent trade union organization at Mikashevichy plant "Granite", was dismissed by an order of the "Granite" director general, Eduard Haurylkovich.
04.03.2013 Workers are proposed money for leaving independent trade union
Tractor Details and Aggregates Plant can be left without independent trade union as a result. Co-existence of two trade union organizations, the independent and the official one – dissatisfies the administration of the Babruisk enterprise. Workers are proposed wage bonuses (up to 1 million rubles) for leaving the independent trade union.
07.01.2013 Number of activists of independent trade union at "Granite" still decreased by persecution
According to the head of the independent trade union organization at the Mikashevich-based plant "Granite", Ales Stakhayevich, at the beginning of 2012 the organization included about 300 workers, whereas now there are only about ten activists.
14.12.2012 Members of Free Trade Union fired from "Shklovalakno" plant
According to the collective agreement, the employer must ask the trade union for permission to fire people. The free trade union does not allow firing their leaders, RFE/RL reports.
07.12.2012 Hrodna: court did not reinstate history lecturer Andrei Charniakevich at work
On 7 December the trial on the case of the historian Andrei Charniakevich came to an end at the Leninski District Court of Hrodna.
02.12.2012 Medic Ihar Pastnou is dismissed from work for criticizing the head of the Vitsebsk Region Executive Committee
Ihar Pastnou has been criticizing Aliaksandr Kosinets for the waste of the budget means for a long time already. It's not the first time Mr. Pastnou is fired: two years ago he was fired from the position of a school doctor. As a result, he had to find a harder job with a smaller wage.
01.12.2012 Svetlahorsk: draftee dismissed from work because of refusal to come to the military enlistment office
On 12 November a 19-year-old worker of the Svetlahorsk bureau of drilling operations Pavel Pakidzka was suddenly dismissed from work.
29.11.2012 Dangerous precedent in Mahiliou – Aliaksei Paulouski not employed because of the “disagreement of the staff”
On 27 November the judge of the Leninski District Court of Mahiliou Yuliya Trapynina turned down the lawsuit of the activist of the Independent Trade Union of Radio-Electronic Industry Aliaksei Paulouski, thus denying the fact of adverse discrimination during his attempts to get employed.
19.11.2012 Yauhen Kanstantsinau: "After the visit of plainclothes men I had to quit job"
Navapolatsk activist Yauhen Kanstantsinau, head of the youth association "Union of Young Intellectuals", was the first who told reporters that on November 8 the Union’s deputy chairman Andrei Haidukou was arrested in Vitsebsk. The KGB accused Andrei Haidukou of intending to conclude an agreement with foreign intelligence services. Yauhen Kanstantsinau himself was visited by "people in civilian clothes".
08.11.2012 Homel activist of Belarusian Christian Democracy gets sacked again
Andrei Papou, a Homel activist of the organizing committee of the Belarusian Christian Democracy, has lost the job of plumber at the “Metalpolimer” enterprise, after the expiry of the probation period.
31.10.2012 Porters of Polatsk winery seeking reinstatement in court
On November 1 Polatsk District Court is expected to continue hearing the suit brought by former employees of Polatsk winery Dzmitry Siankou and Viktar Rasliakou, who were fired for alleged "systematic violations of labor discipline."
31.10.2012 Mahiliou court upholds dismissal of opposition activist
Judge Valiantsina Lapatsina of Mahiliou Leninski District Court dismissed yesterday a lawsuit brought by Mikalai Zalozny, local activist of the Belarusian Social Democratic Party (Hramada), who demanded reinstatement in his job as a mechanic in one of the city’s hostels.
19.10.2012 Disloyal worker fired “for health reasons”
Brest regional authorities have made use of a new method of labor discrimination of disloyal workers: locksmith Siarhei Ivanou has been fired “for health reasons” from Brest Chief Specialized Bureau of Complex Climate Equipment Design.
19.10.2012 Artist and Mentor Fired as His Art Project Called “Politically-Laden”
Mikhail Hulin, a mentor of Faculty of Architecture in Belarusian National Technical University, was fired from the job after he was detained for implementation of his project on Minsk streets.
09.10.2012 Ivatsevichy: observer gets fired after election
A locksmith from the communal public services enterprise in Ivatsevichy Stanislau Khaladovich, who was an observer of the elections, received a notification that his working contract won’t be prolonged on 7 November.
