STRIKE BY BUS DRIVERS IN OREL
01.09.2011 12:51
In Orel, August 31, 54 bus drivers went on strike over unpaid wage arrears. They have been waiting nearly 3 months for pay. As reported in the city administration, the out of the budget has already been allocated some money to pay off wage arrears
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AGGRAVATION OF SOCIAL TENSIONS IN CHINA
01.09.2011 12:46
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In China there is growing social tension. Protests swept several provinces, according to the website www.ng.ru. Armed police disperse demonstrators and arrest those who are considered troublemakers. The alarmed pseudo Chinese communist authorities have increased the budget to law enforcement bodies.
The wave of protests, sometimes involving up to 10 thousand people, spread across several provinces in China. To pacify the protesters, the authorities have to call on special armed units of the police. The largest clash in the last few days, occurred in the county of Lienhua ("Lotus") in Jiangxi Province. On August 16, thousands of peasants blocked the entrance to a chemical plant. Emissions from the plant posed a threat to crops and fisheries, the newspaper "Zhongguo shibao" said, published in Taiwan.
The conflict worsened after hundreds of police arrived. They arrested more than ten people, with several participants in the manifestations, including women, being injured. Then, the protesters blocked national highway number 319.
Previously, a similar incident occurred in the large port city of Dalian. There the protest was attended by about 10 thousand people.
Even Shanghai, a symbol of the rapid growth in China, was uninsured from the riots. The occasion for one of them was abuse from vigilantes against a trader of chestnuts. The saleswoman was not licensed, but in the ensuing skirmish vigilantes knocked down the woman. She lost consciousness. Then a crowd of about 100 people attacked the vigilantes and their vehicles were smashed.
The foreign press writes that the number of collective protests in China has increased and reached to more than 100 thousand a year. Therefore, the authorities have began classifying the information about them. These assumptions can not be verified. But here's a fact: in 2010, budgetary allocations for law enforcement agencies exceeded the amount allocated the army
Further reading on Chinese economy can be read in pamphlet
"Modern China" by A.A. Mayevsky member of the CC AUCPB
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IN VITEBSK (BELARUS), WORKERS GO ON STRIKE
04.09.2011 05:06
Construction company workers in Vitebsk went on strike for one day because of low wages. This was reported by a resident of Vitebsk, preferring to remain anonymous.
"The company" Zhilproekt" is laying off workers - mostly young people and pensioners, and some have been transferred to half rate. Management explains the situation simply: there is no work, therefore no money. As a result, new districts have suspended construction. Wages do not rise, but because people refuse to work beyond the norm and are outraged, "- said the source.
He works at the "Belvest" shoe factory, where the administration is also in violation of labour laws. "We are forced to work at weekends, although this is not spelled out in the contract. If you refuse – you get no bonuses or renewed contract. I have reached targets at 130%, but still I have never received more than 900 thousand rubles."- says the man. According to him, a mood of protest is brewing in the factories, but people are still afraid to openly express their grievances to management and government officials.
http://www.unionstoday.ru/news/world/2011/09/02/15075
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MPRA UNION PICKET IN KALUGA AGAINST AGENCY WORK
04.09.2011 05:42
On August 29, 2011 at 9:00 am in the city of Kaluga in front office recruitment agency «Adecco» on Gagarin Street a picket was held organized by the union MPRA (Interregional Trade Union of Automobile Workers).
The picket was the beginning of the campaign against temporary work and agency labour, used by "employment agencies".
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IN PRIMORYE, MINING COMPANY DRIVERS ARE PROTESTING
16.09.2011 10:23
Vladivostok. September 15. Interfax-Far East - Seven drivers of "BelAZ" dump trucks of a Yaroslavl mining company at Primorye announced the start of the strike to the company’s administration.
"Drivers came to the workplace, but refused to drive to the mine due to the fact that their trucks are faulty. This is a so-called "Italian" strike when the workers do all the work strictly to rule," - said on Thursday to the agency "Interfax - The Far East”,
representative of the Federation of Trade Unions of Primorsky Krai (FPPK) Margarita Usova.
She noted that the workers are demanding from the management the elimination of technical faults.
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TAJIKS HAVE BEGUN AN ANTI-CHINESE STRIKE AT A GOLD MINE
16.09.2011 10:21
DUSHANBE, 14 September. About two thousand workers at the gold mine joint Tajik-Chinese enterprise "Zarafshon" in the north of Tajikistan, have gone on strike, demanding that management improve wages, reports CA-NEWS, citing local media.
The protesters began the strike on Monday morning at 06.00 local time. The Chinese workers are getting more than two thousand dollars, while the number of Tajik workers receive no more than $ 80. "The company has several people who sit in the governing structure, who are of retirement age. In addition, there prevails family ties and corruption," - said a source in the enterprise.
"Zarafshon" is one of eight gold-mining enterprises in Tajikistan, in the authorized capital of which present a share of foreign investors.
The Chinese company, Zijin Mining Group owns a controlling stake in the company "Zarafshon" and is considered a strategic partner of the Government of Tajikistan in the extraction of gold and other precious metals. Zijin is China's second largest extractor of gold, and extract iron ore at mines in Vietnam, as well as owning gold deposits in Mongolia and Peru.
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GEORGIAN POLICE BROKE UP A RALLY OF WORKERS AT THE "HERCULES" STEEL PLANT
16.09.2011 09:52
More than a hundred police officers in Kutaisi on Friday night, using force, dispersed the strikers of the local steel plant "Hercules", owned by Indian businessmen, writes Gazeta.ru.
As Georgian media reports, the strike began a few days ago and its members, picketing entrances to the plant, demanded the administration to improve working conditions and raise wages and reinstate 17 illegally dismissed employees.
The Indian factory owners refused to comply with the strikers and demanded that Georgian police to restore order.
In the dispersal, 12 protestors were detained.
More on the lead-up to this news below
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STRIKING WORKERS OF THE "HERCULES" PLANT JOINED BY WORKERS OF THE FIRST SHIFT
16.09.2011 09:43
Striking employees of the Kutaisi Georgian-Indian steel plant "Hercules" were joined by workers of the first shift. This was reported in the United Trade Unions of Georgia. Yesterday they were joined by workers of the night shift, according to Echo of the Caucasus.
As stated in the unions, this time in the company are only representatives of management and 150 workers - citizens of India who have to do double the work.
We recall that a strike at the Kutaisi Steel Works started on 13 September. The company's employees demand improved conditions.
The enterprise owned by OOO «Eurasian Steels», there 150 Indian and 350 Georgian citizens working.
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IN GEORGIA, STEEL WORKERS STRIKE HAS BEGUN
16.09.2011 09:40
At the metallurgical plant "Hercules" in Kutaisi in western Georgia a strike has begun, which involves more than 100 workers. Currently, the strikers have gathered at the entrance to the plant and encouraging other workers of the plant to join the action, reports the website of "Trade unions today."
The protesters demand that the administration of the company stop the firing of employees, to reinstate 17 people illegally dismissed, improve working conditions, index wages, to respect the constitution and laws of the country, etc.
According to the Trade Union of Georgia, the strike is in accordance with the requirements of the Constitution, Labour Code and Law on Trade Unions.
Metallurgical plant "Hercules" is owned by Georgia-Indian company Eurasian Steels. It is built on Indian business facilities at the site of Kutaisi plant for reinforced concrete structures. The company started work in late 2008. It employs 350 citizens of Georgia and 150 citizens of India.
In early September 2011, metallurgists held a pre-strike and made the above demands, but they were not satisfied with the administration of the enterprise.
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