Miners’ strike in Donetsk region

12:18 / 05 Jul. 2016 / 541

The employees of three mines of the state enterprise “Selidovugol” refused to go down to the slaughter, demanding payment of salary arrears.

• It is the second day of the strike in the state mine 1/3 “Novogrodovskaya” of “Selidovugol”. According to Victor Trifonov, chairman of the local trade union organization of Selidovo and Novogrodovka, the first shift of miners from 1/3 “Novogrodovskaya” refused to go down to the slaughter, demanding their payments of wage arrears, – told Mikhail Volynets, the chairman of the Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine.

He also noted that 9 more miners from the mine “Ukraine”, “Kurakhovskaya”, 1/3 “Novogrodovskaya” joined a hunger strike. The miners decided to send a delegation of six representatives to Kyiv to meet the heads of the Cabinet of Ministers and Ministry of Energy.

As we have previously reported that miners form Donetsk region blocked the movement of trains, demanding payment of salary arrears.

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