The miners said the promised hunger strike near the presidential administration of Ukraine because of unpaid wages and threatened to block the route at the border line with Poland, and to initiate a nationwide strike, informs on Wednesday the press service of the Independent trade Union of miners of Ukraine.

"Today in Kyiv near the presidential office five miners mine? 1 from the city of Novovolynsk declared a hunger strike in protest of prolonged wage arrears, " - said in the report.

According to miners, state mine in Novovolynsk do not pay the earned money for 3 months.

"on behalf of the labour collective of five miners arrived in the capital and declared a hunger strike. Before you decide on This, we met with the Deputy Minister of energy and coal industry on the issue of debt repayment, but for our requirements we were advised to take mine in hiring. This is a funny sentence from the position of ordinary workers

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