Ukrainian miners on Wednesday protested in Novovolynsk, Volyn region, they resorted to the overlap in protest route Lviv-Lutsk, requiring the payment of salaries, informs the Independent trade Union of miners of Ukraine (npgu).

"Continue the strike mood: today did not come into the workplace, the fourth and the first shift of a separate division of mines" Ipb "SOEs" Oligopoly ". Their first action was supported by the miners Buzanskoe ", and then and other mines. Several thousand protesters gathered in the Central square of the city, demanding payment of wage arrears, which they do not receive from December 2014, " reads the report.

According to the Union, the protesters left the Mayor Novovolynsk Victor Sapozhnikov and made the initiative to delegate group of active participants for the trip to Lutsk, where the Governor of the region Vladimir Huncik in the presence of miners during the conference call will raise this issue with the Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk. In the regional center went half a dozen protesters.

at the same time, other protesters resorted to overlap the highway Lviv-Lutsk, in addition, immediately in 2 places, said the head of the trade Union organization of a separate division of mines " Ipb " Anatoly Muhamedjanov.

according to his statement on Thursday, the miners again have plans at eight o'clock (9. 00 GMT) to come to the Central square of the city." If the situation will not budge on the last working day of the week we will block international highway near Jagodina. Nothing else remains " - quoted Muhamedjanov press service of the npgu.

before the protests of miners was held in Novovolynsk, Lviv and Donetsk regions.

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