Ucrania - Union property confiscated

The Federation of Trade Unions of Ukraine (FPU) reported that in August 2015 the Deputy Prosecutor of Odessa filed a lawsuit in order to confiscate the trade union’s headquarters. The building was one of the union’s major assets, and had been the property of the Federation since 1984. The clear message sent by the lawsuit was that the government felt free to disregard trade unions’ right to own their own property.