Presidium Joint Resolution DNEPROPETROVSK TERRITORIAL UNION AND INDEPENDENT UNION OF MINEWORKERS OF WEST DONBASS OF UKRAINE 09 June 2015 Worsening of social and economic policy at PJSC “DTEK Pavlograd Coal” Having reviewed information presented by Mr. A.V.Smirnov, Director of coal mining JSC “DTEK-ENERGO” and Mr. S.A.Voronin, Director general PJSC “DTEK Pavlograd Coal” and submitted to the … Continue reading Joint Resolution of the West Donbass Miners Unions on the Current Situation
Miners Unions Open Letter to President of Ukraine
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
The staff of the JSC Lviv Coal Company block the international highway Lviv-Rava-Ruska
May 13: Today workers of the Private Joint Stock Enterprise (PJSE) Lviv Coal Company, members of the Independent Trade Union of Miners of Ukraine block the international road highway Lviv-Rava-Ruska at 11.00 a.m. Reports the KVPU (Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine. ) The PJSE Lviv Coal Company is owned by some three private firms and … Continue reading The staff of the JSC Lviv Coal Company block the international highway Lviv-Rava-Ruska
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
Hands off of Independent Trade Unions!
March 16, 2015 in Dnepropetrovsk was held to protest against the administrations pressure on independent Trade Unions of Ukraine. The protest was held in front of the District Administrative Court of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast [Region] against attempts by the administration to eliminate the main YuGOK union organization at this enterprise – the Independent Trade Union of Miners … Continue reading Hands off of Independent Trade Unions!
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
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
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
MINERS FROM ACROSS UKRAINE DEMAND NO PIT CLOSURES!
The Ukrainian miners are currently in a major struggle against pit closures with a possible loss of 50,000 jobs! On April 28th Over 1,500 miners picketed the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. Among them - the members of the Independent Trade Union of Miners of Ukraine (NPGU) which is part of the Confederation of Free Trade … Continue reading MINERS FROM ACROSS UKRAINE DEMAND NO PIT CLOSURES!
Ukraine Solidarity Campaign (Кампанія Солідарності з Україною) 