Representatives of Belarus spoke at the ILO labor conference

The position of the governing bodies of the International Labor Organization in relation to Belarus is extremely biased. This was stated by the chairman of the Federation of Trade Unions of Belarus at the 111^th International Labor Conference of the ILO in Geneva. Mikhail Orda added that the calls of people who call themselves free trade unions of Belarus and at the same time demand sanctions against the workers of their own country are nothing but a betrayal of the interests of people and stressed that the ILO has no legal and moral rights to support these anti-human demands. Mikhail Orda warned the participants against illegal and unfair decisions, saying that any possible restrictions on the part of the ILO in relation to Minsk would be a violation of one of the fundamental human rights - the right to work. The Minister of Labor of Belarus also spoke at the conference. Irina Kostevich reminded the audience about the existence of a strong trade union movement in the country. Today in Belarus more than 90% of workers are members of trade unions. There are more than 20 thousand collective agreements with additional guarantees for employees. At the same time, at the ILO platform, they are trying to accuse Minsk of the fact that supposedly people do not have the opportunity to unite in trade unions and conclude collective agreements.