Belarus

The AFL-CIO Executive Council recognizes the courage and commitment in the fight for, and defense of, democratic rights by the Belarusian Congress of Democratic Trade Unions and the Minnesota labor movement, recipients of the 2025 AFL-CIO George Meany–Lane Kirkland Human Rights Award.

The AFL-CIO condemns the recent escalation of attacks on worker rights by the government of Belarus and calls for the immediate release of these union members and any others who have been targeted for exercising their fundamental workers’ rights.