Protests by miners in West Ukraine are escalating over poor conditions, unpaid wages , cuts and closures. In the Chervonohrad coal mining area (Lviv Oblast) , the miners of the town of VKontakte, blocked the Kovel-Lviv highway. On 3rd March one-thousand miners engaged in a mass protest at the Parliament – the Verkhovna Rada of … Continue reading Protests escalating by Miners in West Ukraine
Volyn miners are preparing a new revolt
Leaders of the Independent Trade Union of Miners of Ukraine (NGPU) in the Novovolyns'kyi mines (Bogdan Makarchuk, Anatoly Muhomedzhanov, Vasil Gura, Vasyl Pradid) came back from Kyiv after a series of meetings with senior officials and plan strike action. The miners leaders are determined and plan to hold meetings in each mine to start building … Continue reading Volyn miners are preparing a new revolt
Workers strike at Boryspil International Airport
Over 100 trade unionists at the airport took action demanding the reinstatement of an unfairly dismissed workers at the airport. The first ever legal strike has been taken place at Boryspil airport Kyiv. The Strike was organized by the Independent Trade Union of Aviators, which is affiliated to the Confederation of Trade Unions ( … Continue reading Workers strike at Boryspil International Airport
SLAVERY IN THE DONETSK AND LUHANSK “PEOPLES REPUBLICS”
The report below was originally published by the Ukrainian association Liva Opozytsiya – Left Opposition the moves against free trade unions in these areas of Donbas are a matter of concern for the international labour movement. The Confederation of Free Trade Unions is no longer able to function in these areas, and independent trade unions are being declared … Continue reading SLAVERY IN THE DONETSK AND LUHANSK “PEOPLES REPUBLICS”
Exclusive Interview with leader of the Independent Miners Union – Luhansk
The Luhansk People’s Republic doesn't need independent unions and registering them is now prohibited The Ukraine Solidarity Campaign is pleased to present to the labour movement this exclusive interview with Mykola Koziuberda leader of the Independent Union of Miners (NPG) at the Nikanor Nova mine of the Luhansk Coal Association. NPG is facing a serious attack on trade … Continue reading Exclusive Interview with leader of the Independent Miners Union – Luhansk
MINERS UNION ON THE ATTACK ON TRADE UNION FREEDOM IN LUHANSK
The Ukraine Solidarity Campaign continues with our previous report on the banning of the Independent Trade Union of Miners (NPG) by the forces who control the self-proclaimed ‘Luhansk Peoples Republic’. This is a serious attack on trade union freedom in this area of Ukraine. We publish below in full the latest report from the NPG … Continue reading MINERS UNION ON THE ATTACK ON TRADE UNION FREEDOM IN LUHANSK
UNIONS BANNED BY PRO-RUSSIAN SEPARATISTS IN LUHANSK
Independent trade unions are now banned in the so-called Luhansk Peoples Republic’ – the Order was issued on 20th January2015 by the Minster of Justice A.V. Shubin entitled: “Concerning the Ban for Registration of Independent Trade Unions on the Territory of the People’s Republic of Luhansk Peoples Republic”. The order has become fully apparent as … Continue reading UNIONS BANNED BY PRO-RUSSIAN SEPARATISTS IN LUHANSK
MINSK II: LAND FOR A CEASEFIRE, BUT NOT FOR PEACE
By Marko Bojcun Observer Ukraine The “Package of measures to implement the Minsk Accords” (see the full text in Russianhttp://www.pravda.com.ua/articles/2015/02/12/7058327/ ) agreed in Minsk on 12 February contains thirteen clauses and an explanatory note. Let’s go through them one by one and ask ourselves what they mean. An immediate and comprehensive ceasefire beginning at 00h … Continue reading MINSK II: LAND FOR A CEASEFIRE, BUT NOT FOR PEACE
Political Prisoner Kolchenko Refused Recognition as a Ukrainian Citizen
Simferopol Aqmescit in Crimea declined the legal request of political prisoner Aleksandr Kolchenko to recognize him as a Ukrainian national. Left-wing and antifascist activist Aleksandr #Tundra Kolchenko was arrested less than a month after the annexation of #Crimea and did not apply for changing his citizenship. Nevertheless, he is now considered a Russian citizen by … Continue reading Political Prisoner Kolchenko Refused Recognition as a Ukrainian Citizen
Report on the human rights mission to the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts
The Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group [KHPG], together with the German NGO ‘European Exchange’ and representatives of NGOs from the Russian Federation and Germany with the support of the German Foreign Ministry, carried out an international mission to monitor human rights in the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts on territory which is back under Ukrainian control. … Continue reading Report on the human rights mission to the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts
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