Miners staged a rally outside the Ukrainian government building

The rally near the government building in Kyiv organized about 1 thousand Miners that require ahead of time to prepare in the state budget for 2015 funds for state support of coal plants, capital construction and technical re-equipment, as Well as to return guarantees for workers and retirees industry.
The demonstrators gathered near the main entrance to the government house, they are holding flags of the trade Union of workers of the coal industry of Ukraine, as Well as banners with inscriptions: "a tax on miners' pensions - the shame of the government, " the Power of the Western region - our coal ", " State without coal - citizens without light ". Miners Also banging helmets on concrete fence and shout " shame ", RIA " Novosti ". According to the press release of the trade Union of workers of the coal industry of Ukraine, which is handed out at the meeting, the discontent of the workers due to the fact that " for the first time during the years of independence of Ukraine, the state budget has no money for wages of miners, labor protection, development and capital construction ". At the same time, the state budget provides funds for the closing of the plants of the coal industry." This massacre of the coal industry and the impact on its employees and their families, " according to a press release. The Union Also emphasize that the government instead to develop coal-mining industry, which makes it possible to produce electricity and heat, took a course on its liquidation and started to import coal from other countries. Activists of the activities require to adjust the state budget 2015 to provide for the costs of state support for coal plants, capital construction and technical re-equipment, labor protection. They also require to be adjusted in the laws, in order to resume action sigareti for employees and pensioners of the industry that existed on December 1, 2014, as Well as the lifting of the moratorium on social standards and providing indexing wages to inflation. Also Miners require to provide for the coal industry of all forms of ownership timely calculation on the energy market and the repayment of debts for the consumed coal products and electricity. In addition, according to RT, in Kyiv on Wednesday held a protest demanding the resignation of the mayor of Vitali Klitschko. The picket participants will leave with the mayor and waving white handkerchiefs ". Similarly at the end of the rally is expected to "throw the towel" well-known boxer in order to convey to him the idea of " coach ", that is, of Kiev, about what the most appropriate time " to leave the ring. Remember, in the morning of 29th December 4. 24 local time (5. 24 GMT) the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted in the General state budget for 2015, which predusmatrivaet lack of 3, 7% of GDP. Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk has repeatedly reiterated that the document is not final and will change depending on agreements with international creditors ". It was later announced that due to bad state budget of Ukraine regions do not have the opportunity to take local budgets, as the greater part of the parish funds center seized.


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