Ukraine miners expand protests, demand back pay
Vol. 86/No. 1 - January 3, 2022![Miners protest in Kyiv, Ukraine, Dec. 16, after not receiving millions in back pay or funding for health and safety measures. Signs read “Our families” and “our children also want to eat.”](https://themilitant.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Ukraine_miners_8601-300x222.jpg)
Miners at a number of state-owned Ukrainian mines brought their protests over wage arrears to the streets of Kyiv, the capital, Dec. 16. The action was followed by underground sit-ins and aboveground protests at the Myrnograd mine in Donetsk and…