By Roy Landersen January 18, 2021
Some 5,000 uranium miners at three mines in the Eastern Mining and Processing Plant in the Kirovograd region of Ukraine went on strike Dec. 16, organizing protests that blocked traffic on the main roads around the mines. The workers, members of the Independent Trade Union of Miners of Ukraine, demanded months of back pay amounting to $3 million.
They also organized a delegation of miners Dec. 9 to protest outside the Cabinet of Ministers and Office of the President of Ukraine in Kyiv, the capital.
The miners suspended their actions Dec. 24, after funds for paying their November wages were transferred to the enterprise’s account by the government, with a promise December wages would be paid by the end of the month. The company, idled since Dec. 7, was to restart production Jan. 4. If work doesn’t resume then “miners will continue their protests,” said Dmytro Bondariev, head of the indep
В Кстове мужчина расстрелял из «травмата» соседей, праздновавших юбилей
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В Кировоградской области горняки перекрыли дороги
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