Aleksey Markov, commander of the "Prizrak" battalion, was killed in the occupied area of the Luhansk region of Ukraine on Saturday 24 October. The Morning Star has reported his death with the headline “Tributes paid after death of Ghost Brigade commander Alexey Markov in Donbass accident”. The article by Steve Sweeney (25 October, 2020) hailed … Continue reading Truth, Lies and the Morning Star on the death of Aleksey Markov
Miners protesting over pay arrears arrested and tortured in Russian-controlled Luhansk ‘republic’
From left Ihor Yefanov, Vitaly Yefanov, Yevhen Mykhailichenko We republish a below an important report by the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group of the ongoing repression against mineworkers in the so-called 'Luhansk Peoples Republic', a proxy state of Russian imperialism. The miners struggles demands solidarity from the International Labour Movement - this lays down a … Continue reading Miners protesting over pay arrears arrested and tortured in Russian-controlled Luhansk ‘republic’
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
Slave labour in Lugansk: what war in Ukraine has “achieved”
The separatist “Lugansk people’s republic” in eastern Ukraine is using 5000 prisoners as slave labour, a report by local human rights campaigners says. The prisoners are caught in a legal no man’s land. Most of them were sentenced and jailed by the Ukrainian court system, which the “people’s republic” – established in May 2014 by … Continue reading Slave labour in Lugansk: what war in Ukraine has “achieved”
REGIME ATTACKS WORKERS RIGHTS IN LUHANSK
Ukraine Solidarity Campaign has reported on the threat to trade union rights by the new Labour Code of Ukraine. Meanwhile workers of Ukraine are in an even worse situation in the occupied territory of the ‘Luhansk Peoples Republic’ in East Ukraine. Previously independent trade unions were banned by the authorities in Luhansk. Leading trade union … Continue reading REGIME ATTACKS WORKERS RIGHTS IN LUHANSK
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