Media: miners picket the building of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine
Ukrainian miners, demanding repayment of debts on wages and social security payments picket the building of the Cabinet of Ministers in Kiev, informs on Thursday television channel.
" Protesters are demanding repayment of debts on wages and social payments ", - informs television channel. According to " 112 Ukraine "on the part of the mines the salary is not paid since June.
before the 1st Deputy Minister of energy and coal industry of Ukraine Yuriy Zhukov said that about 73 thousand miners have lost their jobs in the end fall in the Donbass. He added that the government pays salaries continue to work miners. However, there are certain delays in the payment of wages in a number of plants, which because of the fighting were not able to prepare the required financial documents.
according to the Deputy Minister of 93 mines of Donbass, working only 24, and 60 mines are in the mode of life support, 7 mines completely destroyed. At this mine, which in the end hostilities ceased operations in the past year produced 32 million tons of coal, representing 40% of the total number produced in Ukraine anthracite.