{"id":167835,"date":"2025-12-12T13:13:56","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T10:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/167835\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"pro-government-trade-unions-blame-potash-sanctions-for-hunger","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/167835\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro-government trade unions blame potash sanctions for hunger"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>December 12, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Western sanctions on Belarusian and Russian fertilizers caused a spike in food prices worldwide and increased the number of people suffering from hunger, said Juryj Sia\u0144ko, head of the pro-government Federation of Trade Unions of Belarus (FTUB).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He made this statement at a FTUB-sponsored event yesterday in Minsk dedicated to modern challenges to labor relations and workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sanctions are affecting the labor market, leading to job cuts and lower wages \u2014 including in the countries that introduced them, Sia\u0144ko said. \u201cEvery day in Europe, about 500 skilled workers in manufacturing industries lose their livelihoods and have no prospects for alternative employment,\u201d <em>fpb.1prof.by<\/em> reported, quoting the official as saying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The conference gathered representatives of 28 countries, including China, Mali, Venezuela as well as Italian socialist Igor Camilli, known for his support of Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka and Russia&#8217;s war on Ukraine<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Canada, the European Union, the United Kingdom and the US imposed sanctions on Belarus\u2019 potash giant Bie\u0142aru\u015bkalij in 2021 over allegations of human rights abuses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last year, the European Court of Justice rejected appeals from Bie\u0142aru\u015bkalij and the Belarusian Potash Company against the EU sanctions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UN Secretary General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres voiced his opposition to the potash sanctions at the UN Security Council in May 2023, citing a food crisis in Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarusian opposition politicians have campaigned against lifting the restrictions.<\/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\/05\/belaruskali-by-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/belaruskali-by-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/belaruskali-by-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/belaruskali-by-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/belaruskali-by-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/belaruskali-by.jpg 1127w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> The Viewer<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">The Viewer<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Minsk may ask Washington to lift sanctions on Bie\u0142aru\u015bkalij, banks in exchange for 50 prisoners<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka plans to discuss five or six key issues during forthcoming talks with American officials, Natalla Ejsmant, the Belarusian leader\u2019s spokeswoman, said on November 11. 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