Ucrania - Attempts by state departments to repress the «Our Land» union (2011)

In November, the City Education Department of Nova Kahovka city made an attempt to deprive the local union of the National Trade Union of Workers of State Committee for Land Resources of Ukraine “Our Land” (“Our Land”) affiliated to the Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine (KVPU) of their office, which the union had used since 2006. Another union, which had its office in the same building, did not face any difficulties with their premises.

On 16 October 2010 the Second Congress of the “Our Land” union was organised. The day before the Congress some delegates informed the Organising Committee that the management of the Departments of State Committee for Land Resources of Ukraine in the regions, referring to an order by the Head of State Land Management Committee, prohibited them from participating in the Congress and demanded that they come to work on October 16, which was a weekend.

On 4 November 2010 a meeting of the local union “Our Land” in the Chernigov region was organised following an order by the Head of Land Resources Committee, Mr. I. Lysenko. The leadership of the union was not informed about the meeting, but union members were forced to participate. During the meeting the workers were forced to leave the said union and join a union controlled by the management.

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