Russia: Miners striking at Red Cap mine demand better working conditions, face intimidation
Resumen
Fecha comunicada: 19 Ene 2022
Ubicación: Rusia
Empresas
JSC Sevuralboksitruda - Subsidiary , RUSAL - Parent CompanyProyectos
Red Cap mine - OperationAfectado
Total de personas afectadas: 123
Trabajadores: ( 123 - Rusia , Minería , Gender not reported )Temas
Fair & Equal Wages , Protestas , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , Trabajo: GeneralRespuesta
Response sought: No
Tipo de fuente: News outlet
Resumen
Fecha comunicada: 19 Ene 2022
Ubicación: Rusia
Empresas
JSC Sevuralboksitruda - Subsidiary , RUSAL - Parent CompanyProyectos
Red Cap mine - OperationAfectado
Total de personas afectadas: Número desconocido
Trabajadores: ( Número desconocido - Rusia , Minería , Gender not reported ) , Sindicato: ( Número desconocido - Rusia , Minería , Gender not reported )Temas
Intimidación y Amenazas , Dismissal , ProtestasRespuesta
Response sought: No
Tipo de fuente: News outlet
[Summary translation prepared by Business & Human Rights Resource Centre]
123 Ural miners refused to come up from underground, 19 January 2022
Miners in Severouralsk at the Krasnaya Shapochka mine went underground last night and went on strike. People are demanding better working conditions and fairer wages.
- One of the demands is to raise wages and rates by 50%," Valery Zolotarev, Chairman of the Independent Trade Union of Russian Miners at the Severouralsk Bauxite Mine, told us. - The workers are also seeking the cancellation of compulsory work on Saturdays...
In response, according to Valery Zolotarev, the employers made a list of all the strikers, forbade the canteen to issue food for them and to bring supplies underground at all. In addition, all the rioters were promised to be fired as soon as they went back upstairs.