Workers at the railway workshop at the ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih steel plant have begun industrial action against unsafe working conditions and low wages. On 16 May, the workers of the ArcelorMittal railway workshop came out in support of the workers of Ukrzaliznytsia, the state-owned Ukraine Railway, who have been on strike to demand the creation of … Continue reading Ukraine: ArcelorMittal workers wildcat Strike for safety and living wage
THE APOLOGISTS FOR PUTIN AND RETROGRESSION ON THE LEFT
The regime in Russia is ultra-conservative; it defends a reactionary oligarchic capitalism and promotes Russian chauvinism. It is an enemy of the Labour Movement. Yet the Russo-Ukraine War, Russia's role in Syria, the Trump-Putin nexus and assassinations in England have all provided growing evidence of a deep retrogression across a section of the Western Left … Continue reading THE APOLOGISTS FOR PUTIN AND RETROGRESSION ON THE LEFT
Secret Police Order Bosses to Spy on the Ukrainian Unions
The Confederation of Independent Trade Unions (KVPU) has published shocking new information that the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has ordered management to spy on the activities of the independent miners union. The KVPU report on this attack on trade union freedoms is published below SBU calls on people to inform on activities of the independent … Continue reading Secret Police Order Bosses to Spy on the Ukrainian Unions
Ukraine: May Day March against the Oligarchs
Workers and trade unionists demand decent work and decent pay on 1 May in Kryvyi Rih 1 травня. Кривий Ріг - 1 May Kryvyi Rih A pioneering May Day celebration was held in the city of Kryvyi Rih, a major industrial centre of Ukraine. Organised by the independent trade unions, miners, steel workers and radical … Continue reading Ukraine: May Day March against the Oligarchs
A Lesson from post-war Ukrainian Socialists for Today
Neither Washington nor Moscow The role of Russian imperialism in support of the dictatorship of Bashar al-Assad and increasing rivalry with the UK, USA and western powers has posed a challenge to the labour movement. Some socialists have fallen into the reactionary trap of supporting one camp against the other, considering Putin’s regime as an … Continue reading A Lesson from post-war Ukrainian Socialists for Today
United Front for a Decent Life
As part of our ongoing support for the campaign of workers at Arcelor Mittal Kryvyi Rih we republish an article from the local paper of the Federation of Trade Unions of Ukraine - Gazeta "Vmeste Profinfo". United Front for a Decent Life On 14 March 2018 the employees of PJSC “Arcelor Mittal Kryvyi Rih” (AMKR) … Continue reading United Front for a Decent Life
Ukrainian Socialist Eyewitness Report of Arcelormittal Workers’ Struggle
The ArcelorMittal Workers Overcomes Pressure From The Bosses and are Preparing A Strike Workers of the metallurgical giant ArcelorMittal in Ukraine are preparing for a strike On March 27, a conference of the workers – their labour collective agreed their demands including pay rise and improved conditions. The conference of the ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih PJSC … Continue reading Ukrainian Socialist Eyewitness Report of Arcelormittal Workers’ Struggle
AMKR workers decided to start collective labour dispute.
We republish below a short news report by the RKD (‘workers committee of Dnepropetrovsk’) on the growing dispute in Krryvyi Rih. AMKR workers decided to start collective labour dispute. At 2 of April administration of PJSC "ArcelorMittal Kryviy Rih" presented an official response to the demands put forward to the employer at the conference of [the … Continue reading AMKR workers decided to start collective labour dispute.
Unions Unite in Major Struggle with Global Giant AcellorMittal
APPEAL FOR INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY A major dispute is developing in the industrial city if Kryviy Rih in South East Ukraine. Trade Unions from both federations, the Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine (KVPU) and also the Federation of Trade Unions of Ukraine (FPU) have united in their demands and held a join conference to … Continue reading Unions Unite in Major Struggle with Global Giant AcellorMittal
Ukraine: women organise in the war zone
East Ukraine: March for women's rights About 100 women took part in a “march for women’s rights” in Lisichansk, close to the front line between Ukraine and the Russian-supported separatist “republic” in Lugansk. “We need to fight for our rights!” was the main slogan of the march, on Tuesday 6 March. Vladislava Nikolayevskaya, one of the organisers … Continue reading Ukraine: women organise in the war zone
Ukraine Solidarity Campaign (Кампанія Солідарності з Україною) 