Every year the Students Trade Union committee of Vitebsk State Medical University pays a lot of attention to getting acquainted with freshmen and attracting them to active public life. This academic year was no exception. On September 19, a general meeting of the 1^st year trade unionists was held with the chairman of the students’ trade union committee, Alexander Myasoedov, and the chairmen of the committees of the VSMU students’ trade union committee.

First of all, Alexander Mikhailovich introduced the first-year students to the structure of the Federation of Trade Unions of Belarus, told in detail about the Belarusian Trade Union of Health Workers, and also emphasized the essence and main directions of work of the primary trade union organization of VSMU students.