Refusal to Register Independent Trade Union In Navapolatsk :: Charter'97 :: News

Navapolatsk town executive committee again refused to postpone the registration of the organizational structures of the Free Trade Union of Belarus. As the leader of Navapolatsk-Polatsk regional organization of the Free Trade Union of Belarus Uladzimir Antanovich, local authorities deliberately delay registration of the Free Trade Union’s structures on far-fetched reasons, which are not justified neither from the point of view of law, nor from the point of view of common sense.

The Free Trade Union has been trying to register regional organization of Navapolatsdk- Polatsk, as well as local branches in the Navapolatsk heat station and “Naftan” public corporation. They have collected all necessary documents, but the executive committee refused to register trade union structures, saying that some documents are missing. Another package of papers had been collected by the Free Trade Union, but the registration was delayed again, “Prafsayusny Rukh Belarusi” informs.