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New law said to ease registration process for trade unions

Aleksandr Lukashenko has issued an edict directing that a new edition of the Trade Unions Law should ease the registration process for such organizations.

Drawn up by the government, the new law would govern all matters connected with the establishment, registration and activities of trade unions, the Belarusian leader's press office said.

According to the press office, the bill is based on international legal standards in the sphere, Belarus' commitments in the framework of the International Labor Organization and the current operation of labor unions in the country.

The new law would allow employees to form a trade union without its registration as a legal entity. Such organizations would have to be registered with local executive authorities.

The bill would specify criteria allowing a trade union to cooperate with the government in solving social and economic issues and negotiate and sign collective bargaining agreements. //BelaPAN