NEWSWATCH: “Months without pay at Donetsk mine leads to strike, firings” – Kyiv Post – Josh Kovensky – January 19, 2016

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The Kiev Post covers labor unrest amidst the conflict in eastern Ukraine.

After months without pay, workers in one of Ukraine’s largest coal mines had enough. Workers at the Kholodna Balka mine in Donetsk Oblast’s Makeevka decided to strike on Jan. 13, bringing work to a halt …. miners said that they decided to go on strike after nearly a year-and-a-half without pay. According to three miners from Kholodna Balka, the last time that management had paid employees was September 2014.

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