Turkey: Corona current

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Published: Sunday, 29 March 2020 03:05

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hello comrades
Thank you very much for the information and analysis in the message. We stand behind the difficult days in Turkey. I hope to evaluate China and other country experiences as a chance for us. Development from here and I will send information. I hope that the working class and the peoples of the world will survive with little damage. With greetings and friendship to the German people and the people. Tayfun Görgün, DISK / Dev. Maden-Sen President.

India: Murthy our friend and fighter died

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Published: Friday, 27 March 2020 06:54

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Dear friends, Today Pradeep from India has informed us that our friend Murthy died last night in Puducheri/India. He succumbed to cancer after a long struggle. We mourn sincerely and with all our heart for our friend Murthy. His death is a great, irretrievable loss - for us miners - his relatives, his comrades. The memory of Murthy and of what he did for the international miners' coordination across party lines, his party and for his friends and makes it possible for us to overcome our grief.

Expressions of condolence below: Receive sincere condolences from the Kenyan Peasants League, Brigadist of the 2nd International Miners' Conference, From the Philippines by the KMU, The SA miners and SA Automotive co-ordinating committee

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Hello friends. how are you in times of the Corona virus?

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Published: Monday, 23 March 2020 14:32

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I hope you're all well. So far we are healthy here in Germany. Our assessment is that the Corona pandemic has become a global health crisis. Here in Germany the big problem is the rapid spread of the virus. In Germany, the health care systems have been geared towards maximum profit for the hospital, pharmaceutical and healthcare groups. So much has been cut back for profit reasons in recent years, for example with hospital closures etc., so that the health system is now on the verge of collapse.

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Namibia greets Germany

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Published: Monday, 23 March 2020 14:22

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Thank you very much for update us on Germany some info is not trustworthy but we wish that things get Better soon. But for Mother Earth also get a break now. Fresh Air and so on. Here in Namibia we have 3 confirmed cases all are tourist one is from Germany and they are well quarantine. All cases are in the Capital City Windhoek.

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ICG calls for International Women's Day on March 8th

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Published: Friday, 06 March 2020 03:11

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The miners of the world support the struggle of the women, at a local as well as at an international level. Our international miners' struggle program states, among other things: “... Women are paid worse and discriminated by unequal treatment. We take a firm stand against sexism, sexual oppression and violence against women.

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To the miners in the AlbChrome mine, to the Albanian miners' union

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Published: Saturday, 15 February 2020 09:48

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Hi, buddy, you have from the international miners' coordination the solidarity in your struggle for your trade union rights. We also find your demands more than justified, for more work safety, wage increases and for a reduction of the workload. We regret the death of the 27 miners. Your demand is the first step that miners are no longer led to the slaughterhouse.

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Pakistan: Miners killed

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Published: Thursday, 13 February 2020 11:33

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At the beginning of 2020, there was an increasing number of accidents and deaths in Pakistan's coal mines: This is due to the almost complete lack of safety measures and the continuing negligence of employers and the government. In Duki, in Balochistan province, a miner was killed on 27 January when he was hit by a car filled with coal.

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South Africa: Glencore and Merafe destroy 665 jobs at the Rustenburg smelter

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Published: Thursday, 13 February 2020 11:27

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Because allegedly the "business is no longer financially profitable" and the smelter is "working at a loss", the owners Glencore and Merafe want to destroy 665 jobs at the Rustenburg smelter. According to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Energy, South Africa is the world's largest producer of chromite and ferrochrome, with reserves of over 72 percent.

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Iran: Strike of 300 miners of the iron ore mine in Chadormalu

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Published: Thursday, 13 February 2020 10:58

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Strike of 300 miners of the iron ore mine in Chadormalu/Iran In protest against low wages and wage discrimination against temporary workers, 300 contract workers from the entrepreneur Bahavand Barad went on strike at the iron ore mine in Chadormalu. The iron ore mine in the central Iranian province of Yazd employs about 5,000 miners, most of them as contract workers.

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Poland: WZZ "August 80" organized spontaneous actions on three mines of the Polish mining group

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Published: Wednesday, 12 February 2020 22:54

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In this way the association wants to mobilize even more miners for the strike and the demonstration. We also call for a mass participation in a strike referendum on 25 February. We have to count on ourselves - by participating - and show our strength, because those in power are watching closely," August 80 wrote on his Facebook profile. The trade unionists inform the miners in the mines "Murcki-Staszic", "Mysłowice-Wesoła" and "Wujek" about the necessity of an upcoming two-hour warning strike.

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