Ukrainian trade unionists and socialists: Nataliia Babych
Comrades visited Ukraine in August 2023 and met members of the Free Trade Union of Education and Science Workers (VPONU). Nataliia Babych discusses what has happened to school education in Ukraine.
Statement by Lviv Committee of the Free Trade Union of Education and Science (VPONU)
We are so grateful for your support. The United Kingdom was one of the first countries who helped us.
After the start of the full-scale Russian invasion many people of Ukraine were killed, and every day our cities and towns are being damaged and destroyed. More than 3000 educational institutions were damaged and about 400 of them completely destroyed.
We need your solidarity.
We want to survive. We want to be free and live in an independent Ukraine. We want to live in a democratic state.
We are members of the Free Trade Union of Education and Science (VPONU) in the city of Lviv and Ukraine. We need help and support from the trade unions of the UK.
Nataliia Babych
Halyna Ketsko
Halyna Ivashko
Sofiia Ivashko
Vasyl Oliinyk
Lyubov Pryshlyak
Ihor Shlapak
VPONU Committee members, Lviv
22 August 2023