Albania: The miners are organizing for another strike

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Published: Friday, 17 January 2020 23:58

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We have received the following report from the organization Organizata Politike from Albania They ask for solidarity for the miners in Albania. Please send your declarations of solidarity in English to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. We will publish them on our homepage and forward them. 27 miners have died since 2014, 8 of whom while working at the AlbChrome mine-pit. Discontent among miners has been brewing for some time. The chronicles of their deaths barely make it on national television, whereas only recently a main prosecutor was accused of negligence in investigating seven deaths dating from 2006-2011 period.

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India: Meeting on strike mines on January 8th, 2020 against privatization and amendment of labor laws

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Published: Tuesday, 14 January 2020 13:12

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ICG's environmental call for the International Day of Struggle to Defend the Environment

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Published: Saturday, 30 November 2019 15:53

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The accelerated exploitation and destruction of the environment continues. It crosses regions and even entire countries and threatens to lead our planet as a whole into environmental catastrophe. The terrible fires in a large part of the Amazon rainforest, which the combined forces of several countries have been unable to contain in the face of global amazement and horror, are just one example.

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Australia: prime minister declare the polluters of the environmental desaster to victims.

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Published: Wednesday, 20 November 2019 01:09

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Bevor industry reprententatives in Brisbane the australien prime minister Scott Morrison demand to ignor demonstrators, who “operate economic sabotage”. His callis followed the arrests some peoples, who demonstrated against an international mining conference in Melborne at Wednesday. Morrison calls the climate-activists as “anarchists” and accused them to “damage the companies”.

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USA: The resolute fight of the miners in Kentucky and the international support helped to win.

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Published: Tuesday, 19 November 2019 14:13

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In july more than 1000 miners of the Blackjuwel mines in Virginia were dismissed. They occupied for 60 days a railroad track and prevent so the transport of coal. The blocked freight wagons witch has a charge with a value of about one million dollars. Simultaneously  they started with the strike.

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Kenya: three miners buried alive

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Published: Saturday, 12 October 2019 11:29

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Kenyan Peasants League wrote: Three Miners have been confirmed dead in Nango, Bondo in Siaya County, Kenya after a mine collapsed due to heavy rains burring them alive on 10 October 2019. According to Bondo Sub County Commander Anthony Wafula who spoke to Daily Nation, the remains of the three had been retrieved and their bodies taken to Bondo Sub County Referral Hospital mortuary.

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India: Overwhelmingly successful all-India Coal workers strike

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Published: Saturday, 28 September 2019 12:34

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The one day strike on 24th September 2019 by around 500.000 workers of the public sector coal industry (Coal India Ltd.-CIL and Singareni Colliery Company Ltd.- SCCL) was a resounding success with production and transport of coal totally paralyzed. Processions and rallies were taken out by workers in the colliery areas with slogans condemning the Govt. decision on FDI. Even the managements conceded that attendance was minimal, production was nominal mainly from some outsourced mines and there was no transport of coal in Coal India.

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South Afrika: Residents demand jobs in mines

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Published: Tuesday, 17 September 2019 15:14

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In the south african province Mpumalanga this week took place protest-‭ ‬and‭ ‬blockade-actions in front of coal mines.‭ ‬So blocked‭ ‬500‭ ‬residents from Phosa and Ogies the access to Glencore coal mine Goedegevonden.‭ ‬There were also protest marches in front of the coal mines of Anglo American.‭ ‬The peoples demand that the corporation comply whith their commitments:‭ ‬at least‭ ‬30‭ ‬%‭ ‬of the jobs should be for‭ ‬the residents of the region.‭ ‬So far these are empty promises.‭

USA: to the mineworkers in Harlan County

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Published: Friday, 13 September 2019 16:34

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Dear buddies in Harlan County/Kentucky
I am the main coordinator of the International Miners' Coordination, which has held two international miners' conferences in Peru and India so far, and I would like to express my heartfelt solidarity with you.
Due to the bankruptcy of Blackjewell LLC you have no more jobs. The company has not made the payments to the pension fund or your outstanding wages. Ruthlessly, the mining company defies your rights and the lives of your families and robs you of your livelihood.

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USA: Miners blocked tracks in kentucky

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Published: Tuesday, 10 September 2019 15:16

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Monday,‭ ‬05.08.2019

On monday,‭ ‬the‭ ‬29.‭ ‬july,‭ ‬miners of the Cloverlick coal mine started in Harlan County‭ (‬Kentucky‭) ‬whith a blockade of tracks to prevent‭ ‬the evacuation of coal.‭ ‬Background‭ ‬is,‭ ‬that the mining corporation Blackjewel on‭ ‬1.‭ ‬july surprised insolvency signed in and dismissed all miners.‭ ‬The blockade is carried out under the moto‭ „‬no pay,‭ ‬we stay‭“‬,‭ ‬that mean the miners blocked so long,‭ ‬until they get the pending wage payment.‭