“I Am on Strike for the Third Day, and This Is the Most Exciting Thing That Happened to Me”

The Belarusian told how he made his choice.

The telegram channel of the Belarusian Workers' Association (BOR) shared the opinion of one of its subscribers, who joined the national strike:

“I would like to say a few words to all Belarusians. I have been on strike for the 3rd day, and this is the most exciting thing that happened to me.

I was just like everyone else, and I didn’t care about politics, I was not an active trade unionist, and I didn’t have a chance to become a boss either. But in the last year, no one can be indifferent.

So I took a step. To tell you the truth, it's very frightening to go out on the square, I don't want to get my head bashed in, but staying at home is a good option. I don't have to do anything for that, I just turn off the alarm clock and then the phone.

I made a choice. Workers of Belarus, now it's your turn! We all must do everything to save Belarus! How long can you wait?! What else do you need? Who else needs to be killed and imprisoned? Maybe it's already enough to look for excuses? Are our girls more courageous than men?

I do not regret that I stayed at home, and I will not regret it! I am free, I have no ropes on my hands and a chain around my neck. I'm a free person! I want every Belarusian to become free. And I really look forward to you doing the same.

If this time we do nothing, then no one will lift a finger later at all. And you know what? I will go abroad with peace of mind. And all those who go to work and then, when get fired or, God forbid, some of their relatives are imprisoned, will start to resent, talk about injustice, about the fact that something needs to be done, will be worthy of all this shit! After that, there will be no one to go out for you! After - there is no future.

Therefore, right now we must all change Belarus and return our homeland into our hands! Let's break the blue fingers!

Stay home!

Strike, Belarus!"

Let us remind you that the leader of the Belarusian Workers' Association Siarhei Dyleuski announced the start of the strike on November 1.

On the morning of November 1, on the first day of the strike, some workshops stopped at the Minsk Automobile Plant and the Forge Plant of Heavy Forging in Zhodzina.

It also became known that, on November 1, in Homel most of the public transport did not leave for the routes. A lot of equipment was put out of order in one of the trolleybus depots. In Rahachou, the drivers of public transport and garbage trucks did not show up to work either.

At JSC Belaruskali, employees of several sites of mines didn't show up for their shifts.

On November 1, Belarusians began to stay at home and post photos on the Internet about their joining the nationwide strike.

The leader of the Belarusian Workers' Association (BOR) Siarhei Dyleuski summed up the results of the first two days of the strike in Belarus. On November 1, from 10% to 30% of workers did not go to work at various enterprises. About a third of employees were absent from their workplaces at MTZ and Belaruskali, while at the Minsk Automobile Plant, about 15% of workers did not go to work in some shops.

On November 2, for various reasons, 900 thousand workers out of 4.2 million registered in Belarus remained at home.