BY VIVIAN SAHNER Miners protest in Kyiv, Ukraine, Dec. 16, after not receiving millions in back pay or funding for health and safety measures. Signs read “Our families” and “our children also want to eat.” Miners at a number of state-owned Ukrainian mines brought their protests over wage arrears to the streets of Kyiv, the … Continue reading Ukraine miners expand protests, demand back pay
МКП: у Білорусі повинні бути повторні вибори, жорстокість поліції – припинена
Міжнародна конфедерація профспілок засудила жорстокі напади поліції та спеціальних сил безпеки на демонстрантів, що протестували проти спірних виборів президента в неділю ввечері в Білорусі (9 серпня). МКП закликала білоруський уряд поважати справжній голос своїх громадян. «Диктатор Олександр Лукашенко, який при владі 26 років, очевидно, втратив підтримку білоруського народу, і вибори повинні бути проведені повторно з … Continue reading МКП: у Білорусі повинні бути повторні вибори, жорстокість поліції – припинена
THE CONFEDERATION OF FREE TRADE UNIONS OF UKRAINE DECLARATION ON THE ATTACK ON SOCIAL AND WORKER RIGHTS
The Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine (KVPU) continues to oppose the legislative attempts to radically narrow the labor and social rights of citizens and undermine the role of trade unions in protection workers' interests in Ukraine, that will negatively affect the socio-economic and democratic development in Ukraine; lead to social instability and mass migration … Continue reading THE CONFEDERATION OF FREE TRADE UNIONS OF UKRAINE DECLARATION ON THE ATTACK ON SOCIAL AND WORKER RIGHTS
Wave of Anger – mass trade union protest in Ukraine
Kyiv protesters on 30 January: “A Red Card for the Government’s Law On Labour No. 2708” A report from the Kyiv organization Social Movement about the growing opposition to the government’s attempt to satisfy the demands of domestic and foreign owned big business for a cheaper and more pliant Ukrainian labour force. No less than … Continue reading Wave of Anger – mass trade union protest in Ukraine
Ukrainian workers face major attack on their freedom
A new labour law is being introduced in Ukraine which represents a major attacks on workers freedom and democracy as a whole. The Ukrainian trade union as whole is engaged in mobilising to oppose this attacks and is calling for solidarity. We publish below a press release issued by the Labor Initiatives centre in Kyiv. … Continue reading Ukrainian workers face major attack on their freedom
Woman Workers Hunger Strike in Donetsk Region
In the Donetsk region, female employees of the coal mine ‘Kurakhivska’ of the state-owned enterprise "Selydivvugillya" are continuing their hunger strike against wage arrears.
Miners Continue Underground Protest in Ukraine
The Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine (KVPU) has called for solidarity with their members who are on strike and protesting underground at the mine Kapustin in Luhansk Oblast. (area not under Russian occupation). The Following bulletins were issued by the KVPU International Department In Luhansk region, the 14 miners of the mine named … Continue reading Miners Continue Underground Protest in Ukraine
MASS PROTEST OF TRADE UNIONS IN UKRAINE
Mass Demonstration in Kyiv and Strikes in Donbas The U.N International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (October 17) was marked in Ukraine by a massive demonstration of trade unionists in Kyiv. This followed a series of trade union protests in various towns across Ukraine including Zhytomyr, Rivne, and Zaporizhzhya and Transcarpathia regions. The protest … Continue reading MASS PROTEST OF TRADE UNIONS IN UKRAINE
Ukraine: ArcelorMittal workers wildcat Strike for safety and living wage
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
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 Solidarity Campaign (Кампанія Солідарності з Україною) 