"Solidarity" and the free Belarus trade union BKDZZ ("Congress of Belarus Democratic Trade unions) have just signed a cooperation agreement. The idea is to facilitate the exchange of information but it is already planned to work, afterwards, on the defence of trade-union rights in the former Soviet republic. The latter is targeted by many international organizations because of the repeated violations of trade union rights and trade-union freedom by the Belarus government. (Ref. 070056)
“Initially, we will proceed to exchanges of information and training methods “explains Janusz Sniadek, the President of “Solidarity”. Afterwards, the two confederations lay down four objectives: 1 to limit the negative effects of globalization in the workplace; 2 to fight the violations of trade-union rights; 3 to oppose the interference of the government in the action of trade unions. “For us, it is a way to pay our debts to all the trade unions which helped Solidarity at its beginnings”, said
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