Belarus Free Trade Union
{{Short description|Trade union confederation in Belarus}}
{{Infobox union
|name = SPB
|location_country= Belarus
|affiliation =
|members =
|full_name = Belarus Free Trade Union
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|image =
|founded = 1991
|dissolved = 2022
|merged =
|headquarters = Minsk, Belarus
|key_people = Gennady Bykov, president
|website =
|footnotes =
}}
The Belarus Free Trade Union (SPB) was a trade union centre in Belarus. Its headquarters are located in Minsk. In October 2020, during the 2020 Belarusian protests, SPB was classified as "independent" of the government by Marina Vorobei of ProfSoyuz Online, a working group for independent trade union organising supported by the Coordination Council aiming at a transition of political power from Aleksander Lukashenko.
In July 2022, the Supreme Court of Belarus dissolved all the affiliated unions of the Belarusian Congress of Democratic Trade Unions, including the SPB, and the Congress itself, ostensibly for involvement in 'destructive activity' and 'disseminating extremist content'.{{cite web|url=https://www.interfax.ru/world/852832|title=В Белоруссии запретили независимые профсоюзы|work=Interfax|date=July 19, 2022|accessdate=2023-04-02|language=ru}}
References
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{{cite web | title= Belarus | website= International Centre for Trade Union Rights |year = 2018 | url = http://www.ictur.org/Profile_Belarus.html | accessdate = 2020-10-22 |archiveurl= https://archive.today/20201022005407/http://www.ictur.org/Profile_Belarus.html |archivedate= 2020-10-22 |url-status=live |url-access = }}
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=Other=
- {{cite book
| year = 2005
| title = Trade Unions of the World
| editor = ICTUR
| editor-link = International Centre for Trade Union Rights
|display-editors=etal
| edition = 6th
| publisher = John Harper Publishing
| location = London, UK
| isbn = 0-9543811-5-7
}}
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Category:1991 establishments in Belarus
Category:2022 disestablishments in Belarus
Category:National trade union centers of Belarus
Category:Trade unions established in 1991
Category:Trade unions disestablished in 2022
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