The Belarus Free Trade Union (SPB) was a
trade union
A trade union (British English) or labor union (American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers whose purpose is to maintain or improve the conditions of their employment, such as attaining better wages ...
centre in
Belarus
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.
Its headquarters are located in
Minsk
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. In October 2020, during the
2020 Belarusian protests, SPB was classified as "independent" of the government by Marina Vorobei of ''ProfSoyuz Online'', a working group for independent trade union organising supported by the
Coordination Council aiming at a transition of political power from
Aleksander Lukashenko.
In July 2022, the Supreme Court of Belarus dissolved all the affiliated unions of the
Belarusian Congress of Democratic Trade Unions
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* Belarusians, people from Belarus, or of Belarusian descent
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* Belarusian language
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* Byelor ...
, including the SPB, and the Congress itself, ostensibly for involvement in 'destructive activity' and 'disseminating extremist content'.
References
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1991 establishments in Belarus
2022 disestablishments in Belarus
National trade union centers of Belarus
Trade unions established in 1991
Trade unions disestablished in 2022
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