{"id":134818,"date":"2025-04-18T15:11:26","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T12:11:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/134818\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"jailed-trade-union-leader-awarded-norwegian-prize","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/134818\/","title":{"rendered":"Jailed trade union leader awarded Norwegian prize"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/yaroshuk-industriall-union-org.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/yaroshuk-industriall-union-org.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/yaroshuk-industriall-union-org-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/yaroshuk-industriall-union-org-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/yaroshuk-industriall-union-org-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/yaroshuk-industriall-union-org-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(industriall-union.org)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>April 18, <em>Pozirk. <\/em><\/strong>Alaksandar Jara\u0161uk, jailed Belarusian trade union leader, has been awarded the 2025 Arthur Svensson International Prize for Trade Union Rights, the IndustriALL Global Union reported, citing his &#8220;uncompromising defence of workers\u2019 rights and democracy in Belarus.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jara\u0161uk headed the&nbsp;outlawed Belarusian Congress of Democratic Trade Unions (BCDTU), an umbrella organization of Belarusian trade unions, served as vice-president of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and was a member of the International Labour Organization (ILO) Governing Body. In late 2022, he was sentenced to four years in prison on charges of violent disorder and calling for sanctions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It is completely absurd that a man who is a member of the ILO Governing Body is currently in prison for standing up for workers&#8217; rights. Trade unionism is not a crime,&#8221; noted Frode Alfheim, president of the Norwegian union Styrke and head of the Svensson Committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The attacks on trade union rights in Belarus are amongst the worst we have seen in modern history. Jara\u0161uk represents everything trade unions stand for and he is willing to fight for it under the worst of oppression,&#8221; said Atle H\u00f8ie, IndustriALL general secretary. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Svensson Prize had been awarded to the Belarusian trade union movement in 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/ru\/news\/90439\/\">Global Rights Index: Belarus among top ten worst countries for workers<\/a><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 18, Pozirk. Alaksandar Jara\u0161uk, jailed Belarusian trade union leader, has been awarded the 2025 Arthur Svensson International Prize for Trade Union Rights, the IndustriALL Global Union reported, citing his &#8220;uncompromising defence of workers\u2019 rights and democracy in Belarus.&#8221; Jara\u0161uk headed the&nbsp;outlawed Belarusian Congress of Democratic Trade Unions (BCDTU), an umbrella organization of Belarusian trade [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":134811,"template":"","rubric":[14],"class_list":["post-134818","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Jailed trade union leader awarded Norwegian prize | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"April 18, Pozirk. 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