DISABLED MINERS ON HUNGER STRIKE
Support A1+!«We are not begging. We are asking for the money we deserve», claim Ilya Barseghyan and Vladimir Hovsepyan, former miners from Kapan. They have been on a hunger strike since yesterday in the Garegin Nzhdeh square of Kapan. Together with 170 other miners they have been deprived of their disability pension. The former disabled workers of “Dino Gold Mining Company” (former Kapan ore mining and processing enterprise) have not received any compensation for the last 20 months.
The authorities of the Company refuse to pay them saying that the miners were not disabled under the present authorities. The owner of “Dino Gold Mining Company” refused to sign a collective contract with the trade union of the company. There is no way for the miners to solve the problem and get at least their pension of 15 thousand AMD a month. There is no Law on working disability and they cannot even turn to court.
The hunger strikers in the Kapan square announce that they will keep on strike until their rights are restored. This is the second case during the last few years that the disabled miners have gone on a hunger strike in Kapan.
TV Company “Sosi”, Kapan
