Oleg VERNYK. UKRAINIAN LEFT: From Zoo-Defense to Zoo-Attack!

It’s time we overcame the problem of multi-vector orientation of practical-revolutionary activities in various emancipatory projects! Our mutual misunderstanding, mistrust, and, as a result, alienation, play only into the hands of authoritarian capitalist forces, savagely destroying both humans and animals for the sake of their profits…

For example, traditional “fighters against capitalism” have never understood the importance of a comprehensive study of its repression with regard to animals that are victims of the capitalist system to not a lesser extent than humans!

“Zakhyst Pratsy” trade union: solidarity with romanian REAL workers from Ukraine

We, the workers at Metro CC Ukraine and the members of Central Committee of “Zakhyst Pratsy” trade union (UNI) (Kiev, Ukraine)  stand in solidarity with our sisters and brothers at REAL Romania and their union.

Workers at Real Romania have a right to spend the Holidays with their families and friends!!

Christmas Day as well as New Year’s Day are considered to be the most important holidays in Romania, when all the family gets together and enjoys the celebrations.

Only a good work-life balance for workers enables companies to be successful, and that includes respect for family values and local and European cultures traditions.

Oleg Vernyk: On the Key Tendencies in the Development of Capitalist Global Macro-Economy

Without doubt, a discussion on the main tendencies of modern global capitalism that has been recently revived in the left-wing Internet communities is to be lauded and encouraged. It is obvious that in order to overcome the repressive power of the totalized system of global capitalism, it is necessary to understand its objective traits and patterns of development. With this in mind, the Ukrainian Left Movement would like to propound its own vision of the number of key tendencies within the modern capitalist global economy.

Ukraine: will there be a strike at METRO C&C?

English translation was made by the Dnipropetrovsk union activists.

The Zakhyst Pratsy Trade Union (Defence of labour) in store #14 “METRO Cash & Carry Ukraine” in Dnepropetrovsk has fixed violation of labor and trade union legislation of Ukraine which were conducted in May 2011.

Without agreement with trade union and with violation of term the management of the store had changed timetable of working shifts of cashier. The employees were full of indignation because quantity of working shifts were raised that is means additional travel expenses and cutting down of rest-days. Moreover, because of new timetable the employees faced with confusion with time for lunch. “Some of employees don’t have a time for lunch more the 6 hour of non-stop work”, said Vladislav Voronin, the chairperson of the Zakhyst Pratsy trade union committee.

“ZAKHYST PRATSI”: “Boryspil”’s builders are threaten by police to leave without money

“Boryspil”’s airport builders are threaten by police to not pay their salary.

It is the sense of Kiev city trade union “Zakhyst Pratsi” (Defence of Labour) declaration.

Some trade union members have informed “Zakhyst Pratsi” about “systematic violations of labour legislation” at the building in “Boryspil” airport, which is conducted in the framework of Ukrainian preparations for Euro-2012.

According to builders, the employer refuses to sign official contract with them and doesn’t pay the salary.

23-24 October – the conference of Ukrainian left and trade union activists

23-24 October – the conference of Ukrainian left and trade union activists

Attention! The invitation!

The conference of Ukrainian left and trade union activist “From the left” will be held 23-24 October in Dnepropetrovsk. This conference will be dedicated to the issue of establishment the united left and trade union fight front.

Borys Chervonyy: twenty years after the berlin wall fell

Latest in a series of interviews with communists from the former eastern bloc upon the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Can you briefly introduce yourself/organisation?

My name is Borys Chervonyy. I’m a member of the executive committee of the “Zakhyst Pratsi” (Defence of Labour) independent trade union. The ULP is supposed to be an international revolutionary organisation; the program of the ULP will be based on the principles of communism and social liberation in all its forms; and will stand, in particular, on the traditions of Ukrainian left thought.

Ukraine: Miners at Ferrexpo company start Italian strike

Ferrexpo Poltava Mining JSC (Poltavs’kyi HZK VAT), main Ukrainian producer and exporter of iron ore pellets, which are used for steel producing, dramatically decreased ore production due to the ‘go-slow’ and ‘work-to-rule’ strike.

Strike began at 10 a.m. on August, 1 when heavy dumper drivers on their way down to the 300 meter deep open-cast reduced speed of the vehicles from normal 40-45 km/h to the more safe 10-15 km/h. It should be noticed that maximum officially allowed speed for heavy dumpers in the quarry is only 32 km/h, but due to high output norms drivers were encouraged to violate this rule systematically. Excavator and bulldozer operators, as well as drilling technicians have joined the action. After first 24 hours of strike total lode rock production dropped by more than 40% (it decreased to aprox. 46-49 thousand tonns per day while normal figure is 90-100). Next 24 hours will probably show even smaller output figures.

The Organizing Committee of Ukrainian Social Forum

The Organizing Committee of Ukrainian Social Forum was set up in Kiev on July 12, 2007. To the Organizing Committee were elected:

1. Chemerys Volodymyr, human rights activist, the head of of the “Republic” Institute;
2. Malinkovych Volodymyr, human rights activist, political scientist;
3. Yavorskiy Viktor, President of the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Ukraine:
4. Petrychenko Petro, the General Secretary of the Independent Confederation of Trade Unions of Ukraine;
5. Ostapyuk Oleksandr, the President of an independent trade union “Rivnenshchyna” (Rivne);