11 June 2004 06:47
Workers at Rostovugol subsidiary suspend hunger strike
"The 23 participants in the strike and 6 members of a support group
were paid 470,000 rubles in salary arrears, after which the hunger
SHAKHTY (ROSTOV REGION) - June 11 (Interfax-South) - The hunger strike of 23 workers from Truck Depot No. 5, a
subsidiary of Rostovugol company in the community of Novoshakhtinsk in the Rostov region, was suspended after salary
arrears were paid out.
strike was suspended until June 16," depot chief Sergei Nicheporenko told Interfax.
If the arrears to other workers, which reach over 3 million rubles, are not paid following the auction to sell
Rostovugol assets on June 15, the workers will resume the strike on June 16.
A hunger strike is continuing only at one enterprise incorporated in Rostovugol, a mining equipment plant in the
community of Shakhty.
The strike in Shakhty has now entered its second phase. In early June, 16 workers went on the strike, but they ended
their protest after they received their back pay on Wednesday. However, their colleagues started another hunger strike
on Thursday, which is currently underway.
Another 29 workers from Assembly Plant No. 1 in Shakhty, another subsidiary of Rostovugol, also ended their hunger
strike after they were paid their back salaries. [RU EUROPE ASIA EEU EMRG VIO] va tl
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