The Independent Trade Union of Coal Miners of Ukraine (NPGU) leaders and activists are under constant pressure and intimidation including physical assualt. It has become an unprecedented case when the representatives of Volodymyr Demchyshyn the Minister of Energy and Coal Mining Industry apply physical force to intimidate an NPGU leaders who are fighting against … Continue reading Statement of the Independent Trade Union of Coal Miners of Ukraine on the Beating of a Union Leader
‘Clear Signs of Sabotage’ in Odessa 2 May Investigation
Halya Coynash Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group 20 months after the deadly disturbances and fire in Odesa on May 2, 2014, Ukraine’s law enforcement bodies have not only failed to properly investigate the events and find those responsible, but are effectively stymieing the investigation. This has forced the 2 May Group, a civic initiative of journalists … Continue reading ‘Clear Signs of Sabotage’ in Odessa 2 May Investigation
Human Rights body demands no Police collaboration with Azov xenophobes
Halya Coynash Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group Xenophobic statements just issued by members of the Azov Regiment can only compound mounting concern over reported collaboration between police and Azov Civic Corps activists in the Kyiv oblast. They are especially chilling in the light of plans announced by Ilya Kiva, the newly appointed head of the police … Continue reading Human Rights body demands no Police collaboration with Azov xenophobes
MINERS STRIKES, BLOCKADES AND PROTESTS CONTINUE IN WEST UKRAINE
Miners protest at the Lviv state administration building There has been growing strike action and militant protests by Ukrainian Miners in Chervonograd, and other parts of Lviv Oblast in West Ukraine. At the root of the protests is massive arrears of unpaid wages. Chairman of the Independent Trade Union of Miners of Ukraine (NGPU) Mikhail … Continue reading MINERS STRIKES, BLOCKADES AND PROTESTS CONTINUE IN WEST UKRAINE
Donbas miners charged with ‘treason’ for going on strike
Repression in the so-called Donetsk Peoples Republic Report by Halya Coynash of the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group Miners in Kremlin-backed militant-controlled Makiyivka may face trial for ‘treason’ after going on strike earlier in January over unpaid wages. According to a local newspaper, the ‘authorities’ of the so-called ‘Donetsk people’s republic’ [‘DNR’] have identified the organizers of … Continue reading Donbas miners charged with ‘treason’ for going on strike
Leading Union Activist Olena Maslova attacked in Kryvyi Rih
In Kryvyi Rih, on Tuesday, 12th January) activist in the Independent Trade Union of Miners of Ukraine (NGPU) and the Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine Olena Maslova was brutally attacked. At 23:10 she returned home from work at the Lenin mine. On the Kosygin street she was attacked from behind – hitting her … Continue reading Leading Union Activist Olena Maslova attacked in Kryvyi Rih
Eastern Ukraine: labour and community organising near the front line
Workplace and community organising continues in eastern Ukraine, a few kilometres from the front line. PAVEL LISYANSKY of the Eastern Human Rights Group sent this report Report by: People and Nature A meeting was held today [25 December] of representatives of workplace collectives in Svetlodarsk, 4 kilometres from the front line [near Debaltsevo in Donetsk region]. … Continue reading Eastern Ukraine: labour and community organising near the front line
Ukrainian anti-fascists defy attack by neo-Nazis
Report by People and Nature Anti-fascists in Kyiv yesterday marked the anniversary of the assassination of two Russian activists – and faced intimidation by a neo-Nazi gang as the police stood by. Russian and Ukrainian activists take to the streets every year to commemorate journalist Anastasia Baburova and lawyer Stanislav Markelov, who were shot dead … Continue reading Ukrainian anti-fascists defy attack by neo-Nazis
Recipes for curbing the crisis conference
On November 7, left-wing academics and activists in Kyiv proved their ability to carry out socially critical activities of international level. The renowned Kyiv Polytechnic Institute (KPI) hosted researchers from Ukraine, France, Great Britain, Russia, Belgium, Germany, and Greece. The “Economic Crisis or Crisis of Neoliberalism? Alternative Development Policy for Ukraine” conference demonstrated a high … Continue reading Recipes for curbing the crisis conference
Krivorizhstal’ is silent about the size of job cuts. Workers block the road.
On 11 December 2015 workers from Kryvyi Rih metallurgical plant ArcelorMittal came out to protest. The reason for their dissatisfaction was planned mass job cuts that had been announced by the owners of the Indian company Mittal Steel. The protesters temporarily blocked a nearby road, demanding that the job cut plans be abandoned. The web … Continue reading Krivorizhstal’ is silent about the size of job cuts. Workers block the road.
Ukraine Solidarity Campaign (Кампанія Солідарності з Україною) 