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Rostov Miners Declare Hunger Strike as Pay is Withheld
Rostov-on-the-Don, August 23. In Rostov oblast, the miners of the mining company, Kingcoal, announced the start of a mass unlimited hunger strike. The miners decided to take such measures due to multi-month delays in the payout of the salary. More … Continue reading
Posted in Working Class
Tagged Bankruptcy, Hunger Strike, mine, Miners, Mining, Rostov, Rostov-on-the-Don, Russia, Salary, strike
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Kazakhstan: Workers of an Oilfields Service Company Refused to Come to Work
Hundreds of workers of the oilfields service company Burgılau in Mangistau oblast did not come to work today at the set time, having put forward their demands to the employer. The talks between the workers and the representatives of the … Continue reading
Posted in Corruption & Fascism, International, Repression, Working Class
Tagged arrest, fascism, Janaozen, Kazakhstan, madenci, madenciler, Mangistau, mine, mine workers, Nazarbayev, police, workers' rights
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SDK’s Transitional Program, Part I
We present our readers with the program of transitional demands of the Socialist Movement of Kazakhstan (Qazaqstannın Socialistik Qozghalısı/Socialisticheskoye Dvizheniye Kazahstana), adopted at the congress in Bishkek on Jun. 30 – Jul. 1. In the coming time, this document will … Continue reading
Posted in International, Parties, Repression, Working Class
Tagged Aktau, capitalism, China, Chinese imperialism, communism, dictatorship, exploitation, fascism, FPK, imperialism, Janozen, Kazakhstan, KNPK, KSPK, mining industry, murder, Nazarbayev, Nur Otan, petrol industry, workers
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Provisional Program of the Labourers’ Party of Russia (PTR)
Preamble: Our goal is to organise those into a mass party, who continue living in Russia by their own labour rather than by criminal income, who don’t take bribes and kickbacks, who don’t receive profit from capital and do … Continue reading
Posted in Parties, Working Class
Tagged Labourers' Party of Russia, party, PTR, Russia, state capitalism, technocracy
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Tragedy in Vorkuta!
During the day of February 25, in Vorkuta, at the Severnaya mine, an explosion resonated at a depth of 780 m – an explosion of methane. At the time of the incident there were 110 persons on the mine’s premises, … Continue reading
Posted in Working Class
Tagged accident, coal-mining, death, explosion, mine, Russia, Vorkuta, workers
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Office of the ‘Platon’* Program in Kemerovo Set on Fire
The fire was stopped; broken windows have been replaced with chipboard inserts. Unidentified persons threw Molotov cocktails at the Kemerovo office of OOO RT-Invest Transportnye Sistemy – a company responsible for payment collection from trucks participating in the ‘Platon’ program. … Continue reading
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Tagged fire, Kemerovo, molotov cocktail, Platon, Russia, Truck drivers
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Solidarity Campaign: Trade Union of the Mining and Refining Facility of Kachkanar Wins Wage Increase
The trade union of the Mining and Refining Facility of Kachkanar (KGOK) succeeded in getting the necessary changes in their collective agreement. On December 24, the document, favourable to both workers and the employer, was signed by the chairman of … Continue reading
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Tagged GOK, Kachkanar, KGOK, Russia, trade union, wage increase
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Putin Signs Bill ‘for the Maximum Quantity Staffing of Public Servants’
Vladimir Putin signed the decree regulating the maximum employee quantity in a number of ministries and departments. The number of public servants will have to be decreased. “Actually, this decree is on a continuum of a series of decrees dictating … Continue reading
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Tagged bill, firing, lay off, public servants, Putin, Russia
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Long-Distance Truck Drivers of Tyumen’ Protest Anew
A rally was held on the ‘Unity and Harmony’ square. On December 21, 2015, truck drivers assembled in a protest rally at the ‘Unity and Harmony’ square in Tyumen’. From November 15, 2015, the truck drivers in the whole country … Continue reading
Posted in Working Class
Tagged fees, inflation, Russia, strike, Truck drivers, Tyumen'
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Novosibirsk: Construction Workers Trashed their Building Site because of Delayed Pay
Novosibirsk transportation workers, teachers, construction workers and workers of other trades started to complain because of delays in payment of salary, which in particular cases exceed a month. To protest this, five individuals took to the crowbar. A brigade of … Continue reading
Posted in Working Class
Tagged Novosibirsk, protest, Russia, salaries, salary payment, workers
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