Workers of the world
Ukranian mineworkers employed by Ferrexpo PLC, one of the biggest ore mining companies in the world, have struck against changes to their contracts which would, amongst other attacks, increase their retirement age by 5 years and cut 10 days from their holiday entitlement. Ferrexpo is notorious for cutting corners and endangering workers' safety in order to keep profits up; truckers working for the company were told to break the legal speed limit in order to fill quotas on time, and the working day was increased from 8 to 12 hours. The strike's demands include an increase of wages by at least...