07 June 2004 08:18
262 workers at Yeniseiskaya mine sent dismissal notices (Part 2)
ABAKAN. June 7 (Interfax-Siberia) - Two hundreds and sixty-two workers of the Yeniseiskaya coal mine in Khakasia,
where a 12-day hunger strike was held in late May to demand payments of salary arrears, received dismissal notifications
on Monday.
The notifications were given to the workers at a trade union meeting, a source at the mine told Interfax. If the
situation does not change, the workers will be subjected to a redundancy dismissal in two months.
In the meantime, the situation at the mine is raising serious
concerns with the Russian Miners Trade Union, the union's deputy
The trade union meeting said they would protest a court ruling against former director of the Yeniseiskaya coal mine
Ten Yon Tark. The court sentenced him to an 80,000-ruble fine and denied him the right to hold managerial positions for
three years.
The coal miners think the sentence was too mild. Preparations are underway to protest the sentence and raise funds to
hire a lawyer.
chairman, Anatoly Anikin, told Interfax on Monday.
"The mass dismissals of miners, who have resorted to an extreme form of social protest, a hunger strike,
demanding the payment of their wages, show that the conflict at the mine is continuing," he said.
Commenting on the information regarding the dismissals, Anikin said that "under current legislation, these
people are entitled to all payments due to them, but the probability of this actually happening is very low."
In addition, Anikin said that the Yeniseiskaya mine has previously been among Russia's top ten mines. He said he
is hoping that "this fact will attract conscientious investors to improve the atmosphere at the enterprise, put
coal production in order, provide miners with jobs and bring profits." [RU EUROPE EEU EMRG COA JOB] te tl av aw
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