The Ukrainian Miners are engaged in a dispute for the survival of their industry. As part of their ongoing campaign to stop pit closures the Independent Trade Union of Miners (NGPU) has issued an open letter. Petro Poroshenko President of Ukraine Arsenyi Yatseniuk Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodynyr Groisman Head of Verkhovna Rada of … Continue reading Miners Unions Open Letter to President of Ukraine
Save Coal – Save Ukraine: Report of the All-Ukraine Miners Congress
Published below is a full of the recent joint union All-Ukraine Congress of Mineworkers held in Kyiv, and attended by a solidarity delegation of the National Union of Mineworkers. Thank you to Viktor Sumchenko of PRUP for this report which reprinted from the website of the National Union of Mineworkers. Save Coal - Save Ukraine On … Continue reading Save Coal – Save Ukraine: Report of the All-Ukraine Miners Congress
Independent Miners Union Statement on Miners Struggle
There has been an growth of miners protests in Ukraine in response to the planned closure of state owned miners across and unpaid wages. Following the recent joint union congress of miners a number of reports appeared in the media seeking to discredit the miners - in response the following statement has been issued by M. … Continue reading Independent Miners Union Statement on Miners Struggle
EMERGENCY CONGRESS OF UKRAINE’S MINERS CALLED TO PREPARE NEXT STEPs
The Ukrainian miners struggle is developing rapidly - with an unprecedented Ukrainian Coal Miners’ Congress which will be held 21-22 April 2015, jointly organised by the Confederation of the Free Trade Unions of Ukraine (KVPU), and the Trade Union of Coal-Mining Industry (PRUP). On April 7th a joint meeting of the organising committee of the … Continue reading EMERGENCY CONGRESS OF UKRAINE’S MINERS CALLED TO PREPARE NEXT STEPs
FORUM IN PARLIAMENT WITH MINERS LEADER HEARS THE REVOLUTION IS NOT OVER
THE UKRAINIAN WORKERS ARE WILLING TO FIGHT The Ukraine Solidarity Campaign held a packed meeting in the House of Commons on 10th March addressed by Yuriy Samoylov, Chairman of the NGPU – independent Trade Union of Miners of Ukraine in Kryvyi Rih. The meeting was hosted by Labour Party MP's John McDonnell and Ian Lavery, … Continue reading FORUM IN PARLIAMENT WITH MINERS LEADER HEARS THE REVOLUTION IS NOT OVER
‘for me it’s cheaper to bury them than to stop production at the pit’.”
Yefim Zvyagilsky, the Ukrainian parliamentarian and owner of the Zasiadko mine in Donetsk where an unknown number of miners have been killed in an explosion. According to M.Volynets leader of Confederation of Independent Unions of Ukraine, there are currently identified only 21 of the 33 people killed. The mine management adopts a practice - common … Continue reading ‘for me it’s cheaper to bury them than to stop production at the pit’.”
Anti-Bribery Committee is watching over the progress of investigation on the case of Mr. Demchyshyn’s contracts
Report by PRUP the Trade Union of Mineworkers of Ukraine Anti-Bribery Committee of Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has taken under its control an investigation on a case of contracts for power supply from Russia to Ukraine which were signed by “UkrInterEnergo” and Russian “RAO Inter”. It was stated by Victor Chumak, a member of the … Continue reading Anti-Bribery Committee is watching over the progress of investigation on the case of Mr. Demchyshyn’s contracts
Death toll rises at Donetsk mine disaster
Mar 5, 2015 Following rescue operations overnight, the bodies of 14 dead miners have been recovered from the Zasyadko mine in the Donetsk region of Ukraine after an explosion on 4 March. Another 19 miners are still missing. **UPDATE***On 5 March at 7 pm the rescue operations have been stopped after the last body out of … Continue reading Death toll rises at Donetsk mine disaster
Report of Miners Union meeting with Chairman of the Parliament
Mining Unions Met with Mr. Vladimir Groisman, the Chairman of Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Comprehension was found. ( PRUP ) On 03 March 2015, the representatives of Trade Union of the Coal Industry of Ukraine (PRUP) met with Mr. Vladimir Groisman, the Speaker of Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. The meeting was attended with Mr. Victor Tumanov, … Continue reading Report of Miners Union meeting with Chairman of the Parliament
Protests escalating by Miners in West Ukraine
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
Ukraine Solidarity Campaign (Кампанія Солідарності з Україною) 