ukrainesolidaritycampaign Uncategorized, Zakhar Popovych

Hugely increased wages – Ukraine’s only way to reduce shadow economy

BY Zakhar Popovych Tax exemptions of exports and funneling oligarchs’ revenues to offshores are the foundation of the Ukrainian economy, which can be clearly seen on the example of Ukraine’s largest iron ore basin A wave of strikes has embraced Ukraine’s largest iron ore basin. May 4, 2017 workers of one mine refused to rise … Continue reading Hugely increased wages – Ukraine’s only way to reduce shadow economy

ukrainesolidaritycampaign NGPU, Uncategorized

MASS STRIKES AND OCCUPATIONS BY UKRAINIAN MINERS

URGENT APPEAL FOR SOLIDARITY Ukrainian miners are engaged mass action in the city of Kryvyi Rih with strikes, occupations and a a hunger strike of 400 miners underground in the "Yubileynaya" (Jubilee) mine of EVRAZ Sukha Balka JSC in Kryvyi Rih.   The" ArcelorMittal "workers seized the plant, and the" Evraz Sukha Balka "family of miners blocked … Continue reading MASS STRIKES AND OCCUPATIONS BY UKRAINIAN MINERS

ukrainesolidaritycampaign Holodomor, Uncategorized

Bitter Harvest the Stalinist Terror Famine in Ukraine

The new film Bitter Harvest set during the Stalinist terror in Ukraine is now showing in cinemas.  It is a romantic-drama about the man-made famine which swept the Soviet Ukraine in 1932-33 killing millions.  The film Directed by Canadian film director of Ukrainian descent George Mendeluk, brings to the big screen an aspect of the tragic history … Continue reading Bitter Harvest the Stalinist Terror Famine in Ukraine

ukrainesolidaritycampaign Uncategorized, VPZU

MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT SUPPORT UKRAINIAN TRANSPORT WORKERS

John Cryer MP Chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party  has submitted an important Early Day Motion in  support of the Free Trade Union of Railway Workers of Ukraine (VPZU), who are in a bitter dispute in Kyiv.   Ukraine Solidarity Campaign urges members of the Labour and Trade Union Movement trade unionists to write to your … Continue reading MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT SUPPORT UKRAINIAN TRANSPORT WORKERS

ukrainesolidaritycampaign Uncategorized, VPZU

HUNGER STRIKE OF KYIV TRANSPORT WORKERS

Urgent Solidarity Needed:    Trolleybus depot workers are still on a hunger strike in Kyiv On 3 February  in Kyiv in the morning  three members of the primary trade union organization of the Free Trade Union of Railway Workers of  Ukraine  of Kurynivske trolleybus depot of Municipal Enterprise "Kyivpastrans" have started hunger strike. They demand … Continue reading HUNGER STRIKE OF KYIV TRANSPORT WORKERS

ukrainesolidaritycampaign Trade Union Rights, Uncategorized

Union members sacked, assaulted, blackmailed, kicked out of company housing – welcome to Kyiv

Members Free Trade Union of Railway Workers of Ukraine (VPZU) were blackmailed, deprived of their bonuses, suspended from the job, evicted from the company-provided housing, and physically attacked. This story takes place in a European capital city -- Kyiv, Ukraine. In April 2016 workers of the state-owned transport enterprise Kyivpastrans formed an independent union to … Continue reading Union members sacked, assaulted, blackmailed, kicked out of company housing – welcome to Kyiv

ukrainesolidaritycampaign KVPU, Uncategorized

DEFEND UNION RIGHTS IN UKRAINE

SUPPORT  THE UKRAINIAN RAILWAY WORKERS UNION The Ukrainian transport workers at the “Kyivpastrans" bus and trolleybus workplaces of Kyiv are facing increasing pressure to break their union.   The  management have engaged in violence, bullying and discriminatory measures against workers union members.  The the Free Trade Union of Railway Workers of Ukraine ( VPZU)  is appealing … Continue reading DEFEND UNION RIGHTS IN UKRAINE