Russia: Miners striking at Red Cap mine demand better working conditions, face intimidation
Summary
Date Reported: 19 Jan 2022
Location: Russia
Companies
JSC Sevuralboksitruda - Subsidiary , RUSAL - Parent CompanyProjects
Red Cap mine - OperationAffected
Total individuals affected: 123
Workers: ( 123 - Russia , Mining , Gender not reported )Issues
Fair & Equal Wages , Protests , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , Labour RightsResponse
Response sought: No
Source type: News outlet
Summary
Date Reported: 19 Jan 2022
Location: Russia
Companies
JSC Sevuralboksitruda - Subsidiary , RUSAL - Parent CompanyProjects
Red Cap mine - OperationAffected
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Workers: ( Number unknown - Russia , Mining , Gender not reported ) , Union: ( Number unknown - Russia , Mining , Gender not reported )Issues
Intimidation , Dismissal , ProtestsResponse
Response sought: No
Source type: News outlet
[Summary translation prepared by Business & Human Rights Resource Centre]
123 Ural miners refused to come up from underground, 19 January 2022
Miners in Severouralsk at the Krasnaya Shapochka mine went underground last night and went on strike. People are demanding better working conditions and fairer wages.
- One of the demands is to raise wages and rates by 50%," Valery Zolotarev, Chairman of the Independent Trade Union of Russian Miners at the Severouralsk Bauxite Mine, told us. - The workers are also seeking the cancellation of compulsory work on Saturdays...
In response, according to Valery Zolotarev, the employers made a list of all the strikers, forbade the canteen to issue food for them and to bring supplies underground at all. In addition, all the rioters were promised to be fired as soon as they went back upstairs.