Ucrania - Trade union member beaten for not leaving union (2012)

On 7 June, A.Mironov, a member of the local branch of the NPGU at the Frunze mine run by the state enterprise “Rovenjkyantratsyt” was beaten in one of the mine’s rooms in the presence of Mr I.V.Golovko, the chief of section 2 of the mine and some other witnesses because he refused to leave the trade union. V.Sokolov, the Chair of the mine’s branch union, and other union activists, testified at the local police station, but the police tried to delay their investigation and finally it was called off. The guilty persons have not had to answer for their actions.

© ITUC-CSI-IGB 2013 | www.ituc-csi.org | Contact Design by Pixeleyes.be - maps: jVectorMap