Garbage truck drivers prepare for a strike

Workers of “Spetsavtobaza” firm in Vitsebsk, which specializes in waste disposal, are getting ready for a strike.

The website charter97.org has learned this information from a reader. The reason is January wages of truck drivers and waste collectors.

“We saw the humiliating sums of 1mn-1.5mn rubles in our paysheets for January. We received twice as much the previous month. Our work is removing garbage. We work in any weather and at weekends too. Our managers and accountants explained the poverty: 'What do you want? It is the first month of the year and our firm is in crisis.'

The initiative group of workers call on their colleagues to leave the trade union of utility workers and prepare for a strike if the collective does not see actions by the firm to improve the situation. Leaflets calling for a strike appeared in the firm office. Promises of the government to increase wages turned out to be another soap bubble,” the reader said.