{"id":147176,"date":"2025-07-17T14:01:49","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T11:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/147176\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"lukasenka-says-pro-government-trade-unions-are-most-powerful-parties","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/147176\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0141uka\u0161enka says pro-government trade unions are \u201cmost powerful parties\u201d"},"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\/07\/lukashenko_senko_fpb_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/lukashenko_senko_fpb_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/lukashenko_senko_fpb_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/lukashenko_senko_fpb_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/lukashenko_senko_fpb_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/lukashenko_senko_fpb_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>July 17, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has thanked the government-controlled trade unions for conducting his presidential campaign earlier this year as he met Juryj Sia\u0144ko, chairman of the Federation of Trade Unions of Belarus (FTUB) who was his campaign manager.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI very much expect that trade unions will remain an integral and effective base for maintaining stability in our society,\u201d his press office quoted him as saying. The Belarusian ruler described trade unions as the &#8220;most powerful party\u201d organizations in contemporary Belarus. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u0141uka\u0161enka also asked Sia\u0144ko, who had served as State Customs Committee head from 2014 to 2020, to assess performance of the customs agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The FTUB has supported Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka for the last 20 years. In January, it deployed nearly 9,000 pro-\u0141uka\u0161enka activists to observe Belarus\u2019 seventh presidential election that took place in a purged political landscape amid a new wave of crackdown on regime critics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the 2020 mass protests against presidential election fraud, the government shut down all independent trade unions and arrested union leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Three years ago, the Supreme Court outlawed all Belarusian independent trade unions as well as their umbrella organization, the Belarusian Congress of Democratic Trade Unions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>International trade union confederations condemned the crackdown and urged authorities to immediately restore workers\u2019 right to freedom of association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/strajk_profsojuz_colin_lloyd_unsplash_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/strajk_profsojuz_colin_lloyd_unsplash_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/strajk_profsojuz_colin_lloyd_unsplash_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/strajk_profsojuz_colin_lloyd_unsplash_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/strajk_profsojuz_colin_lloyd_unsplash_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/strajk_profsojuz_colin_lloyd_unsplash_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041e\u0431\u0449\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430, \u041e\u0431\u0449\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">UN experts sound alarm over violations of trade unionists\u2019 rights in Belarus<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">June 5, Pozirk. A group of independent United Nations experts has released a statement raising serious concerns over persisting violations of freedom of association regarding activities of trade unions in Belarus. \u201cFreedom of association in labor relations is currently absent &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/141500\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 17, Pozirk. Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has thanked the government-controlled trade unions for conducting his presidential campaign earlier this year as he met Juryj Sia\u0144ko, chairman of the Federation of Trade Unions of Belarus (FTUB) who was his campaign manager. \u201cI very much expect that trade unions will remain an integral and effective base for maintaining [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":147173,"template":"","rubric":[16,15],"class_list":["post-147176","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>\u0141uka\u0161enka says pro-government trade unions are \u201cmost powerful parties\u201d | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"July 17, Pozirk. 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