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Georgia: This latest report was sent to us from Chiatura

Details: Created: Tuesday, 29 April 2025 22:40; Hits: 345

The miners' protest in Chiatura has been going for more than 2 months. Last week and recent days was the peak of escalation of the protest by the company and the capitalist state. As the manganese crisis phase of depression has hit the rock bottom and the expansion phase has to start soon, the company has no more luxury to ignore the miners' protest in hope that they will get tired. First, a man unknown to the miners who introduced himself as a friend of a businessman who runs the coal mining town went to the miners and told them that he was sent to solve their problems as they "solved" them in Tkibuli (coal mining town).

1 May 2025: Against shifting the burden of the crisis onto miners and their families; resistance to war and fascism!

Details: Created: Sunday, 27 April 2025 13:45; Hits: 408

May Day is taking place in a situation of great change and challenges: With the fascist Trump taking office in the United States, the existing world order is being turned upside down. He wants to establish a fascist dictatorship in the USA with all his might and realise his claim to sole rule of US imperialism. The international competition between the old and new imperialist forces is intensifying. With economic and trade wars and massive preparations for a third world war, they want to secure access to global sources of raw materials.

Dear miners, dear families of the miners of the manganese mines in Chiatura

Details: Created: Friday, 04 April 2025 15:51; Hits: 312

We would like to thank you very much for your video report. Your report was very moving for the 20 or so participants at the commemorative event. Under the motto 1920 to 2025: Nothing is forgiven - No one is forgotten, around 20 participants gathered at the ‘Grave in the Haard’. They commemorated the 34 fighters of the Red Ruhr Army who were buried here. They were murdered by fascists in 1920 during the defence of the Ruhr region. 105 years ago, workers across party lines went on general strike against the fascist military dictatorship of the ‘Kapp Putsch’. Decisive for its suppression were 100,000 armed workers, mostly miners, who had joined together to form the Red Ruhr Army.

Open letter to the DGB, IG BCE and GTUC. To manganese miners in Georgia

Details: Created: Friday, 04 April 2025 14:45; Hits: 311

We, the International Miners‘ Coordination, were very surprised and outraged when union colleagues from Georgia brought to our attention the letter from the DGB to the Georgian union GTUC. The coordinating group of the International Miners’ Coordination strongly protests against the content of this letter from the DGB and the statements of the IG BCE.

We are forwarding you a declaration of solidarity from the Monday demonstration in Herne.

Details: Created: Monday, 31 March 2025 22:50; Hits: 301

The Monday demonstration is a non-partisan movement that regularly demonstrates on Mondays in many German cities against social injustice, environmental destruction, the threat of war and fascism. Dear friends, Here is the declaration of solidarity adopted today by the Herne Monday Demonstration: Dear miners in Chiatura, We would like to express our full solidarity with you and your families in your struggle.

Declaration of Solidarity with the miners in Chiatura

Details: Created: Tuesday, 11 March 2025 22:27; Hits: 372

Dear miners, miner families and friends, we congratulate you and the struggling people of Chiatura on your protest actions in recent days and on your demonstration! ‘No struggle must stand alone!‘ was decided at the 3rd International Miners’ Conference in 2023 in Germany, which was also attended by participants from Georgia and Chiatura.

Trade union colleagues from Turkey write to the struggling miners in Chiatrura, Georgia:

Details: Created: Monday, 10 March 2025 00:01; Hits: 312

Dear miners in Georgia, miners from Turkey send you their warmest greetings for your struggle. They write: ‘One of the topics we are discussing in our country is the unification of many large and small actions in many places. We continue to work with struggling trade unions to ensure the unity of workers’ actions.

Breaking news: Yesterday, 3500 miners in Chiatura, Georgia, received their dismissals by text message

Details: Created: Sunday, 09 March 2025 22:06; Hits: 328

Contrary to the mining company's promises that the mines would reopen on 1 March, it has now been announced that underground mining of manganese will cease completely.

Manganese will only be mined by open-cast mining by subcontractor cooperatives.

We will continue to report on this.

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

Details: Created: Wednesday, 05 March 2025 23:30; Hits: 292

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: Created: Wednesday, 05 March 2025 23:13; Hits: 293

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.

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