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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
31TH JULY 2019, OUR REFERENCE……31/07/2019/MACALDER MINES
TO; THE CABINET SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND MINING, OFFICE OF THE CABINET SECRETARY, WORKS BUILDING, NGONG ROAD, PO, BOX, 30009-00100, NAROBI
REF: APPEAL FOR SUPPORT TO STOP THE ILLEGAL/UNLAWFUL MINING
OPERATION BY THE FOREIGN CHINESE INDIVIDUALS IN MACALDER
OLD DEAD MINES,NYATIKE SUB-COUNTY, MIGORI COUNTY, KENYA.
Dear colleagues, according to the EU decision underground coal mining is being closed down systematically throughout Europe in favour of environmentally damaging raw material extraction such as fracking. In Poland as well as in other countries in Eastern Europe, cold closures are being carried out by merging pits and thus further increasing the exploitation of the miners.
The international competition of the old and new imperialist countries and their multinational corporations has intensified considerably. Capitalism can no longer solve any of the problems of humanity. Everything is crying out for a society freed from exploitation and suppression, for many within the militant miners' movement socialism is the only alternative.
The international competition of the old and new imperialist countries and their multinational corporations has intensified considerably. Capitalism can no longer solve any of the problems of humanity. Everything is crying out for a society freed from exploitation and suppression, for many within the militant miners' movement socialism is the only alternative.