27 May 2004 04:46
Yeniseiskaya coal mine to be sold, miners on hunger strike to be paid
The protocol specifies how and when the wage arrears will be paid
to the workers, head of the Duma Labor and Social Policy Committee
MOSCOW. May 27 (Interfax) - A multilateral agreement was reached in Moscow on Thursday to sell the Yeniseiskaya coal
mine in Khakasia and start paying wage arrears to workers who have been on a hunger strike since May 17.
Andrei Isayev said.
He said they had two buyers already. Negotiations with the buyers
are underway with the mediation of the Federal Energy Agency - the
Heads of the Federal Energy Agency, the Federal Labor and Employment Service, the Coal Mining Trade Union and the
Duma Labor and Social Policy Committee, as well as representatives of the coal mine trade union and the coal mine owners
are signatories to the protocol.
"We agreed that the owners would complete negotiations before June 10 and sell the mine. All of the wage arrears
will be paid to the workers by June 20," Isayev said.
guarantor of the agreement.
As for paying the wage arrears, the Khakasia government agreed to "give a budget loan or draw funds from
creditors," Isayev said.
"The government of the Republic of Khakasia has pledged to pay some of the wage arrears today, and receive
compensation from investors later," he noted.
Coal miners in the region went on a hunger strike on May 17 to protest the fact that they were not being paid their
wages. More than 150 coal mine employees are currently on strike. Seven protesters have been taken to the hospital. [RU
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