Belaruskali miners are going to take action of protest :: Charter'97 :: News

The independent trade union of the “Belaruskali” unitary enterprise submitted an application for holding the picket in support of their demands on 14 March to the Saligorsk town executive committee. According to the Trade Unions’ Movement in Belarus, the independent union calls for increase of wages of enrichment factories staff and for solving housing problems of the staff. The trade union also intends to protest against a provision of the pension bill envisaging the annulment of pension benefits to the staff.

According to Mikalai Novik this bill is to be considered by the “national assembly” deputies in May. In case the bill is adopted without amendments people of a retirement age who have been working under detrimental working conditions will suffer. They will not get their pension benefits. It will make a serious blow on the people who have been working for many years under conditions harmful to their health for the benefit of the enterprise and the country in general. Hopefully, the independent trade union will gather about a thousand of its supporters.

“We shall hold an information campaign among the Belaruskali staff, explain the picket’s aims. I hope for people’s support. We tried and not once to solve the problems by means of talks with the administration and upper management of the concern but all in vain”, Mikalai Novik told.