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In Nizhnekamsk, Russia, workers at the Hemont plant staged a spontaneous strike.
onethatcares
(16,168 posts)big ones.
Ya know what?
We can make the oli's pay attention if we band together. YOU KNOW, LIKE A UNION.
underpants
(182,800 posts)11 Bravo
(23,926 posts)Response to 11 Bravo (Reply #11)
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SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)OAITW r.2.0
(24,468 posts)Early 80's all over again. Except this time it's fighting a tyrant with a delusion. Sorry, Vlad - no want's your vision of a new Soviet Union. Why would they?
pecosbob
(7,538 posts)Still...requires brass balls.
PortTack
(32,765 posts)pecosbob
(7,538 posts)uponit7771
(90,336 posts)SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Paycheck worth nothing!
Sanity Claws
(21,848 posts)Let's hope we see some spontaneous strikes from them too.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)relayerbob
(6,544 posts)relayerbob
(6,544 posts)58Sunliner
(4,386 posts)Brother Buzz
(36,424 posts)SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Did a quick search & came up empty.
relayerbob
(6,544 posts)It's Gemond in Russian
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)relayerbob
(6,544 posts)And they make chemicals and similar large scale industrial products and projects
Brother Buzz
(36,424 posts)Here's my walkaway:
Turkish workers at the Gemont factory in Russia's Tatarstan region have protested that their U.S.-dollar pegged salaries are being paid using an exchange rate from before the ruble plunged in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine on February 24.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)Hope others follow suit.
"Gemont is a Turkish company that produces construction materials and pipes and has been operating in Russia since 2014 in partnership with Russian energy companies, including the state energy giant Gazprom."