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Georgia: Protests by miners, their families and the population of Chiatura

Details: Published: Wednesday, 05 March 2025 23:30; Hits: 613

For months, the miners of the manganese mines in Chiatura, Georgia have been without work because the mining company closed the mines and locked out the miners. As every month, the wages, which have been reduced by 40%, were paid 13 days late. ‘The miners announced public talks despite heavy snowfall and freezing temperatures. Many miners are either out of town on private business or trapped in the villages around Chiatura due to the snow. Nevertheless, many people came to the talks (about 500+). The talks quickly and spontaneously developed into a protest that will most likely not end in the near future,’ a colleague reported.

Letter to women miners in Georgia:

Details: Published: Wednesday, 05 March 2025 23:13; Hits: 598

Hello miners' wives, miners and families, We miners' wives in the Courage women's association have learnt of the protest by miners and their families against the non-payment of wages.Dear women miners and miners' wives, We are on your side and it is unacceptable that you have to support your families without wages or with delayed or reduced payments. We have seen pictures of you demonstrating in the bitter cold for your wages in the knowledge that your families will not have the money for housing, food, gas and electricity, food and much more. At the same time, the electricity is being cut off in this cold because the mining company is not making any payments.

Greeting from Kumpel for AUF to MACUA

Details: Published: Sunday, 09 February 2025 10:55; Hits: 727

To MACUA. Dear friends, dear brothers and sisters, We send you warm and fraternal greetings for your protest march on 5 February and all further actions until those responsible in the government and police are punished for the murder of over 100 miners and justice is done to the miners and their families. Unfortunately, we cannot be there in person, but we are with you.

Response from Cristopher Rutledge of MACUA

Details: Published: Sunday, 09 February 2025 10:36; Hits: 662

Dear Comrade Andreas Tadysiak. On behalf of MACUA and the mining-affected communities of Stilfontein, we extend our heartfelt appreciation for your unwavering solidarity and support. Your words resonate deeply with our struggles, and we stand firmly with our fellow miners worldwide in the fight for justice, dignity, and the recognition of our fundamental rights.

Greeting from Andreas to MACUA

Details: Published: Sunday, 09 February 2025 09:57; Hits: 652

Dear Miners and Families, Dear Friends of MACUA, We miners of the world stand shoulder to shoulder with the miners and their families in Stilfontein, who take on dangerous and hard work to survive with their families. Miners are miners, we do not allow ourselves to be divided into migrant or local, industrial or artisanal miners.

Reply from MACUA Christopher Rutledge christopher.rutledge@macua.org.za

Details: Published: Thursday, 30 January 2025 12:25; Hits: 626

Dear Comrade Andreas Tadysiak and the International Miners' Coordination, Revolutionary greetings from MACUA and all the mining-affected communities we represent. We deeply appreciate your solidarity and the continued efforts of the International Miners' Coordination (IMC) in amplifying the plight of miners, their families, and the broader community affected by the horrific events in Stilfontein. Your letter of support, protest action in Berlin, and fundraising initiatives in Germany are a testament to the internationalism and shared struggle of working-class and mining-affected communities globally.

Andreas Tadysiak, the main coordinator of the International Miners' Coordination writes to MACUA (Mining Affected Communities United in Action):

Details: Published: Monday, 27 January 2025 22:26; Hits: 685

Dear friends of MACUA, miners and their families, It is with great joy that we have learned that the rescue of the miners in Stilfontein has finally been fought for. Congratulations to all who contributed to this. At the same time, we are angry and shocked by the hundreds of uncounted dead and the terrible condition of those rescued. I am Andreas Tadysiak, a former underground coal miner with almost 40 years of professional experience and a trade union member.

Letter of protest to the South African government

Details: Published: Monday, 27 January 2025 21:31; Hits: 627

Dear Mr President, We miners' wives in the Courage/Germany Women's Association protest in the strongest possible terms that you and your government are deliberately accepting the deaths of the trapped miners of Stilfontein. The starvation of the miners by the police is murder in our eyes.We call on you and your government to do everything in your power to ensure that the trapped miners of Shaft 11 are freed immediately and that help is allowed in without delay.

Solidarity letter to miners of Stilfontain and their families

Details: Published: Monday, 27 January 2025 20:14; Hits: 700

Dear women, families of the miners of Stilfontein. We were horrified to read that the South African government is deliberately and inhumanely accepting the death of your husbands and sons.We are with you with all our hearts and you have our fullest solidarity. We mourn with you the miners who have already died. For us this is murder and the murderers are the police and the South African government who are keeping your men and sons trapped in the mines without food and water.

South Africa: Marikana's latest statement on the mass murder in Stilfontein

Details: Published: Tuesday, 21 January 2025 19:22; Hits: 722

We denounce the premeditated mass murder of at least 109 miners by the government of South Africa!

The whole world has watched as half-starved and dead miners have been recovered from the Stilfontein mine near Johannesburg. The South African government, namely President Cyril Ramaphosa, state ministries and the police are responsible for this!

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