The Ukrainian trade union movement joined by an international campaign of solidarity recently pushed back proposed anti-union legislation, now the government proposing a new anti-trade union law. We publish this report from http://www.industriall-union.org/ On 27 May, the parliamentary committee on social policy and the protection of veterans reviewed draft law №2681 and recommended that parliament … Continue reading new anti-union law threatens Ukrainian trade unions
LUHANSK MINERS PAY VICTORY – but activists still under arrest
The protest action miners "Krasnolimanska" in the Russian occupied area of Luhansk Mineworkers have ended an underground occupation in separatist-controlled territory in Lugansk, eastern Ukraine, after bosses paid most of the wages they were owed. But 14 trade union activists are still under arrest by the authorities of the Russian-supported “people’s republic”. The sit-in by … Continue reading LUHANSK MINERS PAY VICTORY – but activists still under arrest
Luhansk miners occupy pit and defy security forces
Since 5th of June mineworkers in the occupied Luhansk region Ukraine have been occupying the ‘Komsomolska’ mine in Antracyt (town in “Luhansk People’s Republic”). Fighting for their right to get two-month salary owed them. The miners have encountered harsh repressions from the occupation authorities. We publish below a report from the blog People and Nature. An … Continue reading Luhansk miners occupy pit and defy security forces
STEFAN MELNYK 1966 – 2020
We are extremely saddened of the news of the tragic death of Stefan Melnyk (Стефан Мельник ). Christopher Ford pays tribute to our friend Stefan. A founding member of the Ukraine Solidarity Campaign, Stefan was a dedicated trade unionist and a socialist. A bus driver, Stefan was an activist of the National Union of Rail, … Continue reading STEFAN MELNYK 1966 – 2020
REFORM DURING THE PLAGUE. WHY MEDICAL STAFF ARE AGAINST THE REFORMS OF THE HEALTH SYSTEM
by Kostyantyn Maleoniuk A second phase of the medical reforms has begun in Ukraine in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. The reform will cut off some hospitals from funding and in no way improve the situation of others. The main object of the reform is to divert the scant state funding to private medical … Continue reading REFORM DURING THE PLAGUE. WHY MEDICAL STAFF ARE AGAINST THE REFORMS OF THE HEALTH SYSTEM
УХВАЛА ХХІІІ З’ЇЗДУ СОЦІАЛ-ДЕМОКРАТИЧНОЇ ПАРТІЇ УКРАЇНИ
1 лютого 2020, Київ Україна знову робить вибір. Чверть сторіччя тому вона була однією з провідних країн Європи і світу. Але пішла по шляху неолібералізму. Соціал-демократична партія України попереджала про хибність і небезпеку такого вибору, опиралася йому усіма своїми силами. Але тодішня влада і її основа – олігархічні клани продавили цей вибір. Обраний шлях позбавив … Continue reading УХВАЛА ХХІІІ З’ЇЗДУ СОЦІАЛ-ДЕМОКРАТИЧНОЇ ПАРТІЇ УКРАЇНИ
Ukrainian social democrats on the struggle between progress and reaction today
Published below is a key Resolution of the 23rd Congress of the Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (Соціал-Демократична Партія України). This comes at crucial moment in Ukraine of a major struggle over the attempt by the government to impose a new Labour Law, a struggle which SDPU describe as between the progressive and reactionary forces … Continue reading Ukrainian social democrats on the struggle between progress and reaction today
The Ukrainian Marxist Critique of Russian Communist Rule in Ukraine, 1918-1925
Review of Stephen Velychenko, Painting Imperialism and Nationalism Red: The Ukrainian Marxist Critique of Russian Communist Rule in Ukraine 1918-1925. University of Toronto Press, Buffalo and London, 2015. 277 pp. Stephen Velychenko adapts for the title of his book the Indian ex-communist Manadbendra Roy’s observation in 1951 that “Communism in Asia is essentially nationalism painted … Continue reading The Ukrainian Marxist Critique of Russian Communist Rule in Ukraine, 1918-1925
THE CONFEDERATION OF FREE TRADE UNIONS OF UKRAINE DECLARATION ON THE ATTACK ON SOCIAL AND WORKER RIGHTS
The Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine (KVPU) continues to oppose the legislative attempts to radically narrow the labor and social rights of citizens and undermine the role of trade unions in protection workers' interests in Ukraine, that will negatively affect the socio-economic and democratic development in Ukraine; lead to social instability and mass migration … Continue reading THE CONFEDERATION OF FREE TRADE UNIONS OF UKRAINE DECLARATION ON THE ATTACK ON SOCIAL AND WORKER RIGHTS
Ukraine’s government puts oligarchs and multinationals ahead of its own people
International Trade Union Confederation Protests New Labour Laws To: Mr Volodymyr Zelensky President of Ukraine Mr Dmytro Razumkov Chairman, Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Mr Oleksiy Honcharuk Prime Minister of Ukraine Mr Tymofiy Mylovanov Minister for Development of Economy, Trade and Agriculture of Ukraine Ms Yulia Sokolovska Minister of Social Policy of Ukraine Dear Sirs and … Continue reading Ukraine’s government puts oligarchs and multinationals ahead of its own people
Ukraine Solidarity Campaign (Кампанія Солідарності з Україною) 