Georgia: Employees of Sinohydro strike demanding wage raise and improvement of working conditions
Summary
Date Reported: 10 Aug 2017
Location: Georgia
Companies
China National Water Resources & Hydropower Engineering (Sinohydro) - Employer , European Investment Bank (EIB) - SponsorProjects
Samtredia-Grigoleti section, East-West E60 highway - SiteAffected
Total individuals affected: 100
Workers: ( 100 - Georgia , Road-building , Gender not reported )Issues
Wage Theft , Work & Conditions , Work & ConditionsResponse
Response sought: Yes, by Business and Human Rights Resource Centre
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Source type: News outlet
Georgia: about 100 autobahn builders go on strike, 10 August 2017
...On August 9, about 100 workers, who are building a 12-kilometer stretch of the Samtredia-Grigoleti highway, gathered at the “Sinohydro” office in Lanchkhuti and demanded to increase their wages and also expressed their dissatisfaction with the working conditions. Their salary, as they assert, makes about 14-19 laris (6-8 US dollars) per day.
The “Sinohydro” finds the demand to raise wages unattainable, said Badri Kakaishvili, the company lawyer.
"They demanded to improve their food and complained that they were not given their uniform in time... All their demands, which are realistic, will be fulfilled, except for salary increase," said Kakaishvili.
The East-West Expressway (European transit route E-60) is the second largest European transit corridor, which starts in France and ends in Kyrgyzstan.