21 May 2004 01:42
Khakassia head promises to pay miners` wage arrears
MOSCOW. May 21 (Interfax) - Alexei Lebed, head of Siberia's internal republic of Khakassia, has promised to pay
all accumulated wage arrears to miners from the Yeniseiskaya mine currently on strike, State Duma Speaker Boris Gryzlov
said after meeting with Lebed on Friday.
"He [Lebed] gave assurances that a company, one of the mine's
debtors, will be able to pay the wage arrears to employees from the
The State Duma plans to discuss the continuing hunger strike by Khakassia's miners during its evening session,
Gryzlov said, adding that "the deputies will not only raise this issue, but will also try to help sort out this
problem."
mine who are taking part in the hunger strike," he said.
"These are the guarantees given by the republic's head," Gryzlov said. [RU EUROPE EEU EMRG LEG LAW
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