Ukrainian miners blocked the road near the customs crossing "Yagodyn" with Poland, demanding the payment of wage arrears, said the head of the Independent trade Union of miners of Ukraine (npgu) Mikhail Volynets.
"As I said on the phone the head of the primary organization of the npgu of the mine number 10 "Novovolynsk" Basil the great-Grandfather, the miners, As promised, blocked the road near the customs crossing " Yagodyn ", ? Volynets wrote on his page on the social network Facebook.
As reported by the great-Grandfather of the first of nearly 300 miners Novovolynska mines in the buses arrived to the customs crossing "Yagodyn" to block the traffic across the Ukrainian border to Poland. By doing so, they require the government to repay the debt on salary payment, and provide appropriate funding to the industry in 2017. For example, the story is about the allocation of funds for the completion of the mine number 10 " Novovolynsk ". The construction of the mine " ipb " began in 1989 and currently is at the final stage. It was obliged to provide work of the miners of the region with abandoned mines. However, instead of finishing works and commissioning of new mines in the use of the Ukrainian government and the Ministry decided to curtail the construction and transform the mine dewatering. Over the past period of time, Ukrainian miners many times staged demonstrations of disagreement. Mostly, their requirements are related to the repayment of debts on wages. On 21 September, the Ukrainian miners started the protest in front of Parliament. In addition, in the last month of summer a starving miner had attempted self-immolation at the Ministry of energy of Ukraine, and the couple of Ukrainian coal miners staged a "revolt of the empty pots" in the town of Pokrovsk in connection with the failure to pay their husbands salaries. Also, the Ukrainian miners staged a rally in Kiev, demanding payment of wage arrears and protesting against the authorities ' intention to close a number of mines, blocked the international highway, staged a hunger strike. In mid-June, the miners-disabled people blocked traffic on the streets near the Ministry of social policy of Ukraine, demanding recalculation of pensions. The Ukrainian government promised to repay the debts. January 5, the Ukrainian authorities stated that the Ministry of energy and coal industry of Ukraine has allocated almost $ 3 million to repay debts under the salary to miners. However, the protests continue.

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