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Call from the International Miners’ Coordination Group (ICG) for 1 May 2026 Let’s take to the streets together against imperialist wars and the shifting of the burden of war onto the masses!

Details: Created: Sunday, 12 April 2026 23:41; Hits: 32

The world order as we know it is disintegrating, and a battle of annihilation is raging over the redivision of the world, over raw materials, markets and power. More and more countries around the world are being ruled by fascist and ultra-reactionary governments, environmental protection is being steadily dismantled, and the exploitation and oppression of workers is intensifying.

Greeting on the anniversary of the miners' strike tent in Chiatura

Details: Created: Sunday, 08 March 2026 15:10; Hits: 177

Dear miners and relatives, dear friends
It has been a year since you set up your strike tent in Chiatura. It is a focal point for widespread protest against the attacks by Georgian Manganese. It is a sign and symbol of the struggle for a future worth living for you and your children.

ICG appeal on International Women's Day on 8 March 2026

Details: Created: Thursday, 05 March 2026 08:31; Hits: 159

International Women's Day 2026 is taking place in a difficult situation: the relentless competition between international corporations for the redistribution of markets and control of raw materials.
The increasing right-wing tendencies and fascism of the governments subservient to them are leading to more and more military conflicts and enormous destruction of infrastructure and nature.

Fundraising campaign for miners' families in Ukraine a success!

Details: Created: Wednesday, 04 March 2026 23:00; Hits: 122

We are pleased to report that the four-week fundraising campaign organised by the miners' initiative “Kumpel für AUF” (Miners for AUF) was very successful We received a report from the mining town of Novovolynsk on how the funds were used. Our trade union colleague writes: ‘The purchases were made by our colleague in Poland. The goods are much cheaper there than in Ukraine and there is a wider selection.’

The miners' initiative Kumpel für AUF (Comrades for AUF) calls for:

Details: Created: Thursday, 26 February 2026 11:13; Hits: 134

Hello, As the main coordinator of the International Miners' Coordination, I would like to inform you about the solidarity campaign organised by the militant miners' initiative “Kumpel für AUF” (Miners for AUF) in Germany and ask for your support for the people of Ukraine.

Our ICG member and trade unionist from the Ukrainian trade union Zakhyst Pratsi has asked us for support for the people of Ukraine who have been ravaged by war.

JOINT STATEMENT by the International Miners' Coordination and the trade unions and organisations represented therein. International Protest Against The Violation Of Labour, Trade Union And Human Rights

Details: Created: Friday, 26 December 2025 12:25; Hits: 219

The trade unions, workers' organisations and other organisations of the world, exercising their right to international solidarity and defence of human, labour and trade union rights, issue this joint international statement: they denounce the serious incidents that have occurred against the manganese miners in the Chiatura region (Georgia) and against those who express their solidarity with their legitimate struggle. (The translations are internet translations and will be corrected by translators in the next few days.)

To the Government of Georgia and Mr Irakli Kobakhidze, the Foreign Office, Federal Minister Johann Wadephul

Details: Created: Sunday, 14 December 2025 23:14; Hits: 201

Protest statement regarding the refusal to grant Tobias Thylmann entry to Georgia. Dear Mr Kobakhidze and Mr Wadephul. I am writing to you today on behalf of the International Miners' Coordination Group (ICG): On 13 December 2025, Tobias Thylmann was denied entry to Georgia without any explanation. He is a member of a German delegation that wants to attend the court proceedings in Kutaisi.

To IAC: Greeting from the delegation of the International Miners' Coordination

Details: Created: Wednesday, 03 December 2025 22:19; Hits: 272

Hello, we are Divine and Eugene from Congo and Julian from Germany. We are here representing the International Miners' Coordination. We would like to extend warm greetings from the International Miners' Coordination and its main coordinator, Andreas Tadysiak, to all participants of this conference. Many of you know him from the 3rd International Miners' Conference, and he wanted to attend this conference, but unfortunately he is unable to do so for health reasons.

The Central Coordination Committee of the Miners' Initiative Kumpel für AUF is calling for donations for miners and their families in Ukraine

Details: Created: Sunday, 30 November 2025 23:34; Hits: 270

When asked how we could support miners in Ukraine, a trade union colleague wrote to us:
Many proletarian thanks for your offer to help our miners' union. We have not received any wages for nine months. We are facing a hard, cold winter, which we will probably spend without electricity, as it is not certain whether our town will still have a power station by winter. Since the beginning of September, Russian missiles have been trying to hit power stations that supply towns with heat and electricity.

Recklinghausen: Solidarity with the four miners and strike leaders imprisoned in Chiatura, Georgia

Details: Created: Sunday, 30 November 2025 23:24; Hits: 246

At the rally for International Environment Day on 15 November 2025 in Recklinghausen, Kumpel für AUF Im Vest organised a solidarity campaign (see photo in the appendix). Merab Saralidzes and three other miners have been imprisoned since April on unjustified charges. The aim is to support the struggle of miners and the population of Chiatura to preserve jobs in underground mining and against extremely environmentally damaging open-cast mining. The rally participants adopted the following protest statement:

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