Ukraine: Selidovugol miners on strike

At the Novogrodovskaya mine of the state enterprise Selidovugol in Donetsk region 34 miners of the first shift refused to go above ground. According to the chairman of the International Miners Union of Ukraine Mikhail Volynets, they demand paying salary. “The miners want their salary debts cleared”, he wrote on his Facebook page. (Ukrainian metal)

Ukraine: budget committee gives money to miners

The Verkhovnaya Rada budget committee has rearranged funds, which will allow paying salary to miners. “Some 306 million UAH will be spent to clear salary debts to miners”, Mikhail Volynets, the chairman of the Independent Miners Union of Ukraine, wrote on his Facebook page. In particular, Mirnogradugol, where employees of only one mine were paid…