31 May 2004 07:57
Metal workers go on hunger strike for back wages
ROSTOV-ON-DON. May 31 (Interfax-South) - Nine workers at the Shakhty Mining Equipment Works went on a hunger strike
on Monday in an effort to make their employers pay their back wages.
The workers have been protesting since March, but since May 24 they have been holding daily rallies, Sergei
Nekhoroshkov, deputy chairman of the Rostov region branch of the Russian Coal Miners Union, told Interfax.
An official in the regional industry ministry told Interfax that
wages to the workers have not been paid for nearly 11 months. The
The workers are demanding guarantees that back wages will be paid according to a schedule, he said.
liquidation commission of Rostovugol public coal mining company owes 4.5 million rubles to the employers of the
Shakhty Mining Equipment Works, while the limited company of the same name owes them 27 million rubles.
The liquidation commission last Friday started to pay back wages, while Rostovugol limited company does not plan to
start payments before the liquidation of assets, the ministry official said. [RU EUROPE ASIA EMRG COA JOB] ap tl
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