Redundant Bosnian Workers Protest in Tuzla
The protesters rallied on Wednesday in front of the cantonal government building in the north-eastern Bosnian town, calling for compensation and repayments of healthcare and pensions payments after the companies for which they worked failed. “We will block the Tuzla Canton government and we will not let them go out [of the building]. They should do their jobs or resign,” one of the protesters told local media. “We are not to blame that the companies are not working,” another said.
Protesters also demanded that the authorities ensure that 1,000 jobs are kept open at detergent company Dita and furniture company Konjuh, two of the failed firms. Also at the rally were workers from Polihem, which produced salt for industrial use, chemical company Poliochem and gum company Resod Guming, as well a local association for the unemployed, students and others. Local media reports said that protesters at one point broke into the cantonal government building before police got the situation under control, and one cameraman was injured.
Police Disperse Crowd of 3,000 at Amplats as Strike Talks Resume
South African police fired rubber bullets and water cannon to disperse a 3,000-strong crowd who massed at an Anglo American Platinum Ltd. (AMS) mine in support of a strike that has disrupted the world’s three biggest producers. Police broke up the crowd at the Khuseleka mine, northwest of Johannesburg, Thulani Ngubane, a spokesman for the South African Police Service in the North West province, said by phone today. Two people were arrested.
28 mine laborers detained in Iran as they protested at working situation
Twenty eight mine laborers in Iran’s Chadormalu mine have been detained in Iran during the past three days, ILNA reported on February 2. Iranian MP Mohammad Saleh Jokar has criticized provincial and judicial officials of Yazd province for the detainment, saying that the reason behind the measure is unknown for the MPs. Dealing with the crisis in Chadormalu mine without hearing voices of protesting laborers is unacceptable, Jokar said.
On November 27, 2013, 800 laborers at the Chadormalu mine stopped working and held a one-hour sit-in in protest at what they called “unfair wages” and the sacking of Bahram Hassaninejad, the secretary of the laborers association of the mine. Following to that, some 2,000 laborers at the mine stopped working on December 6-8 in protest to the situation of Hassaninejad.
| Raila Odinga firm workers strike over salaries Kisumu, Nyanza: Over 300 workers at Kisumu’s Spectre International blocked the Kisumu-Busia highway protesting over four months’ salary arrears amounting to Sh40 million. The workers, who burnt tires and plastic cans on the road for the better part of the morning, said the company’s management had failed to address them over their pay. They chanted, “Haki yetu” (our rights) and carried placards with the words: “Raila, pay us our money,” at the firm’s entrance. |
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