Lukashenko reported by Chairman of Federation of Trade Unions
President of Belarus Aleksandr Lukashenko has met today with the Chairman of the Federation of Trade Unions of Belarus, Yuri Senko, who made his first report in his new position after the appointment at the 9th extraordinary session of the association in April 2024
In the beginning of the meeting, Aleksandr Lukashenko said, “I did not invite you and did not meet immediately after your appointment for a reason. I wanted you to get up to speed – so that you, prior to our meeting – could sort out all the details, nuances and processes taking place in our trade unions. There is no need to remind anyone that this is a huge party actually, and the overwhelming majority of its members are represented by statesmen, patriotic people. However, both within the trade union organisation and on the part of the population, there are a number of claims against trade unions, which deal with excessive red-tape, inactivity in some aspects, lack of help and support. It will always be like this, and it is natural. After all, this is a huge organisation. Nevertheless, it is always necessary to strive for the best. We need to make sure that there is less bureaucracy and other things of the kind, because this is the people's party, the people's trade unions. With this in view, I am primarily interested in the situation within the organisation as you see it. What's new? What are your main plans and actions to normalise the situation in certain areas?”
Another topic that the Head of State focused on was the assistance of trade unions in the harvesting campaign. As noted by Aleksandr Lukashenko, the latter has almost begun, “I have been reported today by the Brest Region Governor. Winter barley harvesting has selectively been launched in his region. Trade unions have always been involved in this process, rendering appropriate assistance and support. I would ask you, first of all, to provide assistance, support and participation of trade unions in this work, rather than some kind of control and supervisory functions. We have enough supervisors, but – as far as I remember my work, especially in agriculture – trade unions were always my aides. We jointly organised the provision of meals and services, especially for machine operators, during harvesting campaigns. A control over the payment of salaries also needs to be ensured so that people complain less about their managers.”
