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Also Georgian: Merab Saralidze a protest participant in Chiatura who has been in custody for five months on the director of the Shukrut mine, calls on the people of Chiatura to cooperate and show solidarity, and talks about the importance of joint protest

Also in Georgian"We have been in prison for five months and are keeping quiet here. As soon as we were caught, they raised expectations, as if they wanted us to be released. This has led us to remain silent, and that is what we have done all this time – we remain silent, we have sacrificed a lot and were prepared to sacrifice ourselves, even if it violated our dignity.

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Today we received a letter from a trade unionist in Ukraine. He writes:

"Good day, I am currently in a very difficult situation. Due to the war, our mine is closed and the miners who live in our town have practically no means of livelihood. There is only one mine for the whole town, and even that is operating with long interruptions. In this difficult situation, we are forced to look for ways to survive.‘

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The miners wrote from Georgia

Dear comrades, Thank you for your solidarity and the support we felt and still feel. We are only strong when our struggles and voices are united. We send our solidarity to all the exploited who decided to raise their voice against capitalism which is truly showing its real face as the crises deepen. Best regards

Georgia: Declaration of solidarity and protest against the imprisonment of four miners from Chiatura

at the cultural event “We accuse: RAG's scorched earth policy” in August 2025 in Gelsenkirchen

We, the 250 participants of the cultural festival, protest in the strongest possible terms against the imprisonment and prejudgement of the militant miners from Chiatura/Georgia and the endless postponement of their trial!

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Solidarity with dismissed union colleagues at the Lece mine in Serbia

Two union representatives at the Lece mine began a hunger strike after their new employer terminated their employment. Since the mine was taken over about six months ago, some employees had been working on three-month contracts. These were extended by a further 15 days, but twelve employees did not have their contracts renewed, according to JUGpress.

ICG statement of solidarity with Georgian miners in Chiatura

To the miners and their families in Chiatura. Dear friends and families.

You continue to have the full solidarity and support of the International Coordination Group of the International Miners' Coordination in your determined struggle for your jobs and the preservation of the region's livelihoods. Since I was with you in April, we have grown together and you are like family to me.

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Protest statement against the arrest of several miners in Chiatura, Georgia

To the government of Georgia, Mr. Saakashvili, the Foreign office, Federal Minister Mr Wadephul and the European Parliament Foreign Affairs Represantative Ms Kaja Kallas. Dear Mr Saakashvili, Mr Wadephul and Ms Kallas, On behalf of the International Miners' Coordination Group (ICG), I am writing to you today: On 29 April 2025, we received news from Chiatura, Georgia, that five leading miners had been arrested at 3 a.m. by the regional police in the tent of the striking miners, some of whom are on hunger strike, and are still in custody.

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Georgia: The struggling miners from Chiatura, send greetings of solidarity to workers in Nordhausen, Thuringia

We, the manganese miners of Chiatura who have been fighting for our jobs, ecology and the share of the wealth which is underneath our feet, Salute the workers of Schachtbau GmbH in Nordhausen, who are also fighting for a decent pay they deserve. We managed to struggle tooth and nail already for 61 days and we're not going to back down now. We've been ignored, laughed at, provoked, threatened, lied to.

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  2. 1 May 2025: Against shifting the burden of the crisis onto miners and their families; resistance to war and fascism!
  3. Dear miners, dear families of the miners of the manganese mines in Chiatura
  4. Open letter to the DGB, IG BCE and GTUC. To manganese miners in Georgia
  5. We are forwarding you a declaration of solidarity from the Monday demonstration in Herne.
  6. Declaration of Solidarity with the miners in Chiatura
  7. Trade union colleagues from Turkey write to the struggling miners in Chiatrura, Georgia:
  8. Breaking news: Yesterday, 3500 miners in Chiatura, Georgia, received their dismissals by text message
  9. Georgia: Protests by miners, their families and the population of Chiatura
  10. Letter to women miners in Georgia:
  11. Appeal for donations: 5000 euros to support the miners' struggle in Chiatura, Georgia!
  12. greetings from georgia on barbara day
  13. Ukraine: Battle for raw materials such as titanium fuels the war
  14. To the miners and metalworkers and their families in Chiatura
  15. ICG's call for the International Day of Environmental Struggle
  16. Chiatura Georgia: Miners take up the fight
  17. Philippines: Declaration of protest against the repression and unjustified accusations against trade union activists Ed Cubelo and Rodrigo Esparago in Manila
  18. Poland: A friend's report on the mining accident in Katowice
  19. Take to the streets on May Day - against the threat of World War 3, against fascism and against the global environmental catastrophe that has begun!
  20. Press release by Kumpel für Auf "Julian Wächter has won his case against Kali + Salz (K+S)!"