A flier at a rally in Paris against new labor legislation by Emmanuel Macron's government.12.09.2017#3191712
The Russia Trilateral Commission on Social and Labor Relations in Kuzbass. Head of the commission is Alexander Shokhin, Director of the Institute of Employment Studies of the USSR Academy of Sciences and the USSR State Committee on Labor. Workers of the Novokuznetsk Metal Integrated Works speak to delegates from the Russian Trilateral Commission in their trade union committee.09.10.1992#8782467
A group of Kuzbass miners shows support for the Russian Government on Moscow's Red Square.30.03.1992#8151517
A group of Kuzbass miners shows support for the Russian Government on Moscow's Red Square.30.03.1992#8151516
The nation-wide political strike of coal miners in Kuzbass which began back in 1989. The region's residents make donations to the strikers' assistance fund.15.03.1991#6691483
The All-Union miners' political strike in Kuzbass that began in 1989. Photo: One of the miners was always on duty 24 hours a day at the strike headquarters.15.03.1991#6691477
A nationwide political strike of miners due to difficult working conditions, which began in 1989. Strike at the Vorgashorskaya mine, Komi ASSR.01.03.1991#8227750
A nationwide political strike of miners due to difficult working conditions, which began in 1989. Strike at the Vorgashorskaya mine, Komi ASSR.01.03.1991#8227741
In 1989, Soviet miners launched a nationwide political strike citing atrocious working conditions. Photo: A strike at the Novokuznetsk Workers Committee.01.03.1991#8227610
German Democratic Republic. Agricultural workers on strike protesting against low prices of their agricultural products shipped to the Federal Republic of Germany.04.09.1990#8297330
A nationwide political strike of miners due to difficult working conditions, which began in 1989. Mr. Sumakov, a miner from Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR.01.09.1990#8338929
A nationwide political strike of miners due to difficult working conditions, which began in 1989. Residents of Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR, leave their signatures under the miners' appeal to the government.01.09.1990#8338928
A nationwide political strike of miners due to difficult working conditions, which began in 1989. Miners of Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR.01.09.1990#8338927
A nationwide political strike of miners due to difficult working conditions, which began in 1989. People of Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR, at the rally.01.09.1990#8338922
A nationwide political strike of miners due to difficult working conditions, which began in 1989. Inspection of Donetskugol, the training ground of the production association for coal mining of the Ministry of Coal Industry of the Ukrainian SSR in the Donetsk region of the Ukrainian SSR.01.09.1990#8338921
A nationwide political strike of miners due to difficult working conditions, which began in 1989. Electrician from Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR Sergei Vasilyev.01.09.1990#8338920
A nationwide political strike of miners due to difficult working conditions, which began in 1989. A leader of the city strike committee N. Kolynko at a rally in Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR.01.09.1990#8338916
A nationwide political strike of miners due to difficult working conditions, which began in 1989. Member of the strike committee L. Makarov at a rally in Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR.01.09.1990#8338914
A nationwide political strike of miners due to difficult working conditions, which began in 1989. A workers' rally in Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR.01.09.1990#8338913
March For Survival to Moscow, which was attended by representatives of labor teams from Gomel, Svetlogorsk, Narowlya, Mozyr and other regions of Belarus. The purpose of the event was to demand solution to the problems associated with the removal of the Chernobyl catastrophe consequences.08.07.1990#8818758
The I Union Congress of Independent Labor Movements and Associations in Novokuznetsk. It was attended by representatives of the strike committees of Vorkuta, Kuzbass, Donbass, Karaganda and other regions of the USSR. A mass rally of solidarity with the decision of the workers' forum on the city square.30.04.1990#8445685
Strike of Tula archives employees. Standing by the map that highlights cities from which they received messages of support and solidarity.13.01.1990#3089319
A meeting of Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR Nikolai Ryzhkov with representatives of coal mining enterprises' labor collectives.17.11.1989#8318874
Minister of Healthcare of the USSR Yevgeny Chazov makes a speech at a meeting of Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR Nikolai Ryzhkov with representatives of coal mining enterprises' labor collectives.17.11.1989#8318870
In the spring of 1989, the first strike took place at Severnaya (Northern) Mine in Vorkuta, and it escalated into a hunger strike. Workers drafted demands at Vorgashorskaya Mine, now affiliated with Vorkutaugol Co., and submitted them to members of a government commission who arrived in Vorkuta. Photo: Miners inside a tunnel of Yuzhnaya (Southern) Mine.15.11.1989#8135688
A town for miners of Khalmer-Yu Mine. Following Russia's conversion to a market economy, the authorities decided that it was not advisable to continue operaring Khalmer-Yu Mine. In 1993, the Mine was shut down, and the miners' town liquidated.15.11.1989#8135686
In the spring of 1989, the first strike took place at Severnaya (Northern) Mine in Vorkuta, and it escalated into a hunger strike. Workers drafted demands at Vorgashorskaya Mine, now affiliated with Vorkutaugol Co., and submitted them to members of a government commission who arrived in Vorkuta. Photo: The family of miner N. Nachukhayev lived in a rundown building.15.11.1989#8135683
In the spring of 1989, the first strike took place at Severnaya (Northern) Mine in Vorkuta, and it escalated into a hunger strike. Workers drafted demands at Vorgashorskaya Mine, now affiliated with Vorkutaugol Co., and submitted them to members of a government commission who arrived in Vorkuta.15.11.1989#8135677
In 1989, Soviet miners staged the first open mass strikes in the country. IN the spring of 1989, Vorkuta was the venue for the first strike at Severnaya (Northern) mine that escalated into a hunger strike. Activists gathered at Vorgashorskaya mine, now Vorkutaugol-Vorgashorskaya Mine, and listed demands, voiced at a meeting with members of a government commission who arrived in Vorkuta. Photo: Meeting of the workers' committee at Khalmer-Yu mine, shut down in 1996.15.11.1989#6558241
1989 Soviet miners' strikes were the first mass strikes in the country. The first strike began in the spring of 1989 on Severnaya mine in Vorkuta which later turned into a hunger strike. Miners at Vorshagorskaya mine drafted a set of demands for the government delegation that arrived in Vorkuta. Pictured: V. Tarasov, chairman of the inter-mine strike committee.15.11.1989#6558232
In 1989, Soviet miners staged all-out strikes for the first time in the country's history. In the spring of 1989, Vorkuta was the venue for the first strike at Severnaya (Northern) mine. The strikes escalated into a hunger strike. The strikers coordinated their demands at Vorgashorskaya Mine and subsequently presented them to members of a government commission who arrived in Vorkuta. Photo: Miners congratulate their comrade on his election as trade union leader.15.11.1989#8129590
The 1989 coal miners' strikes were the first open mass protest in the Soviet Union. The first strike began in spring 1989 at the Severnaya mine in the northern city of Vorkuta and later devolved to a hunger strike. Miners at Vorgashorskaya (now - JV Vorkutaugol Vorgashorskaya mine) worked out demands to be presented to the government commission that arrived in Vorkuta. Vorkuta mine Halmer-Yu (this mine's feasibility was questioned as the new Russia transitioned to a market economy; in 1993, the Khalmer-Yu mine and the miners' village were closed).15.11.1989#8129589
In 1989, Soviet miners staged all-out strikes for the first time in the country's history. In the spring of 1989, Vorkuta was the venue for the first strike at Severnaya (Northern) mine. The strikes escalated into a hunger strike. The strikers coordinated their demands at Vorgashorskaya Mine and subsequently presented them to members of a government commission who arrived in Vorkuta. Photo: Miner Nikolai Yushkov.15.11.1989#8129579
The strikes by miners that started in 1989 became the first massive strikes in the Soviet Union. Members of regional strike committees during a meeting.05.10.1989#6550620
Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic. Political strike in August-September 1989. A Unified Republican Strike Committee was established to coordinate the political strike. Railway workers on strike in a Chisinau locomotive depot.20.08.1989#8130804
Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic. Political strike in August-September 1989. A Unified Republican Strike Committee was established to coordinate the political strike. Notice on the checkpoint at a carpet factory reads "Factory on political strike."20.08.1989#8130800
The strikes by miners that started in 1989 became the first massive strikes in the Soviet Union. Miners on strike in Belovo, Kemerovo Region.17.08.1989#6550621
Soviet Minister of Coal Industry Mikhail Shchadov, third left, talks to participants in a coal miners' strike in Mezhdurechensk.31.07.1989#6541007
The strikes by miners that started in 1989 became the first massive strikes in the Soviet Union. Teimuraz Avaliani, Chairman of the Kuzbass Regional Council of Worker Committees during a strike in Prokopyevsk.17.07.1989#6550631
The strikes by miners that started in 1989 became the first massive strikes in the Soviet Union. Miners on strike in Prokopyevsk.17.07.1989#6550627
The strikes by miners that started in 1989 became the first massive strikes in the Soviet Union. Teimuraz Avaliani, Chairman of the Kuzbass Regional Council of Worker Committees.17.07.1989#6550626
The strikes by miners that started in 1989 became the first massive strikes in the Soviet Union. Rally in support of miners on strike on Sovetov Square in Kemerovo.17.07.1989#6550625
The strikes by miners that started in 1989 became the first massive strikes in the Soviet Union. Thousands of protesters support miners on strike in Prokopyevsk. USSR Minister of Coal Industry Mikhail Shadov speaks.17.07.1989#6550624
The strikes by miners that started in 1989 became the first massive strikes in the Soviet Union. Alexander Melnikov, First Secretary of the Kemerovo Regional Committee of the Soviet Communist Party, second left, listens to the demands of the strike committee.17.07.1989#6550623
The strikes by miners that started in 1989 became the first massive strikes in the Soviet Union. Teimuraz Avaliani, Chairman of the Regional Council of Worker Committees, left, and Vladimir Lebedev, Second Secretary of the Kemerovo Regional Committee of the Soviet Communist Party.17.07.1989#6549208
On July 11, 300 miners of the Shevyakov Mine did not come down in the mine. Thousands of people came out in the streets to protest, demanding higher pay, better catering, etc. The strike committee submitted a life improvement plan of 41 points.11.07.1989#6550622
Coal miners on strike in Prokopyevsk, Kemerovo Region. The miners refused to go down in the mine and raised 20 demands to the government.11.07.1989#8212163
Coal miners on strike in Prokopyevsk, Kemerovo Region. Thousands of miners refused to go down in the mine and raised 20 demands to the government.11.07.1989#8212162
Coal miners on strike in Prokopyevsk, Kemerovo Region. Thousands of miners refused to go down in the mine and raised 20 demands to the government.11.07.1989#8212161
Coal miners on strike against harsh working conditions in Prokopyevsk, Kemerovo Region.11.07.1989#8212159
A rally attended by thousands of Kuzbass coal miners, where they strike and demand that the government meets about 20 of their requirements.11.07.1989#5936951
A rally attended by thousands of Kuzbass coal miners, where they strike and demand that the government meets about 20 of their requirements.11.07.1989#5936950
A rally attended by thousands of Kuzbass coal miners, where they strike and demand that the government meets about 20 of their requirements. USSR Minister of Coal Industry Mikhail Shchadov, second right, arrives in Mezhdurechensk to negotiate with the miners.11.07.1989#5936949
A rally attended by thousands of Kuzbass coal miners, where they strike and demand that the government meets about 20 of their requirements.11.07.1989#5936948
