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Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2020 1:26 pm
Uprising on the construction of the Amur Gas Processing Plant: background, course of events, conclusions
07/14/2020
Social explosion occurred
On July 13 , a spontaneous uprising of workers began at the construction of the Amur Gas Processing Plant owned by Gazprom . Information about the reasons is contradictory, but in any case is related to the amount of wages. The rebels took control of the construction site and defeated the contractor's office. Information about the taking of the hostages was not confirmed. On the evening of July 13, clashes with security forces occurred . At the time of July 14, 14:00 (local time), the workers were still in control of the territory, the area of their work was completely de-energized, and the work was stopped. According to unverified information, the opposing side - "Rosguard" - is preparing for the assault on the object.
General information
The customer for the construction is Gazprom, and the general contractor is NIPIGAZ . In reality, NIPIGAZ is only involved in the management and supervision of construction, and competing subcontractors - Renaissance Heavy Industries (Turkey), Velesstroy ( controlled by Croatia) and others - have been hired for the direct construction . The total number of workers involved in the construction is estimated at 20-25 thousand people . The national composition is variegated: Velesstroy has the majority of Russians, Serbs and Croats, the Turkish company - Uzbeks, Tajiks, Turks, a small number of Russians.
The uprising was raised by the workers of the Turkish subcontractor Renaissance Heavy Industries. According to reports from the scene, these are mostly Uzbek migrant workers. Information on the causes of the conflict is controversial. One version says that for half a year workers were paid 4 times less than what was announced when they were hired. Such numbers as 6000 rubles a month were called. Apparently, the employer allowed fraud with timesheets, which is generally a typical crime in Russian construction sites.
According to other information, the Turkish subcontractor, feeling the need to pay taxes related to the labor activity of a foreign company in the territory of the Russian Federation, decided to shift the financial burden on workers, from which 30% was unilaterally calculated . (According to recent reports, this version is most likely. - Ed. )
Whatever version is reliable (or both), it is clear that in one way or another the rights of workers to a fair payment for their labor were violated.
In addition, it should be said about the living conditions of workers living in the town of Renaissance Heavy Industries. 6-8 people live in small rooms . Most rooms have no desks. Security takes the chairs, so there’s nothing to sit on. The beds are bunk. Bedding change a big problem. There is no air conditioning, no TV. The food is bad. On the construction site there is a gym, 2-3 cafes, a pharmacy, a communication salon, a self-service store Avoska and several other small shops. In the evenings, all workers, as a rule, hustle in the street, between dormitories, or sit in smoking rooms. No cultural activities are organized. Cases of drunkenness are frequent. The treatment by the guards and the administration is derogatory, if not derogatory.
Brief Chronicle of Events
On July 13, several hundred workers of the Renaissance Heavy Industries subcontractor, mainly Uzbeks, spontaneously took to the streets and began to throw cobblestones around the buildings, cars, and other objects. After some time, they broke into the office of their employer and began a pogrom. According to eyewitnesses, the administration hastily escaped from the construction site. Most of the guards also fled. Engineering was evacuated from the territory. About 250 women were evacuated to another town. Information about the "hostage-taking" among the engineers was not confirmed.
One of the eyewitnesses reports that late in the evening of July 13, the Rosgvardia units arrived in time and tried to regain control over the construction site. There were sounds like automatic bursts. However, the attempt failed.
At night, the territory was still controlled by rebel workers. One of the workers of Velesstroy said that at night the Uzbek workers walked in groups around the rooms and looked for someone. “They asked who is here. If the Russians, then everything’s ok, ” he said. Perhaps the workers were looking for someone who was connected with their employer.
In the morning, Velesstroy began to take its workers away from the scene. Around the same time, a Niva car with the inscription “Road Safety” tried to get out through the checkpoint . The workers did not release her and wanted to turn her over. As a result, the car returned to the parking lot in the town.
Simultaneously with these events, a bus and a KamAZ car with the symbols of the Rosguard arrived from the outside. They stopped about 100 meters from the checkpoint, no one got out of there. No further information was received from the town, however, at 14:00 local time (8:00 Moscow time), the workers completely controlled the territory of the town. The Renaissance Heavy Industries site was completely de-energized; no work was done. Communication with the protesters was interrupted, but unverified information was received that Rosgvardia was preparing to storm the construction site.
At 09:30, the builder’s press service announced that "financial differences have been resolved . " At the same time, leading federal media began to disseminate information as if “they had agreed with the rebellious builders,” and allegedly no evidence of a delay in wages was revealed. However, the prosecutor's office of the Amur region found wage arrears in the amount of 14 million rubles .
Some conclusions
The construction of the Amur Gas Processing Plant is a very characteristic ugly phenomenon for capitalist Russia. The plant being built by Gazprom is not intended to serve the country's needs, but the needs of China and the United States . Instead of hiring Russians (who would have to pay a decent salary), Russian capitalists used the services of foreign contractors, and they, in turn, recruited foreign workers who were forced to work for a penny and in bestial conditions. It is not surprising that a social explosion occurred. Another thing is significant: the power fist of the Russian state does not threaten those who steal and bring the workers to an act of despair, but the workers themselves, who require honestly earned money.
This once again confirms a simple and clear idea: there is no and cannot be any "consent and reconciliation" between the robbed and the robbers. There is no and cannot be any “social world”. The Russian Federation is a class state. Like the vast majority of other countries on the planet, it stands guard over the interests of big capital, it protects the unfair order of robbery and exploitation.
Some arrogantly and contemptuously condemn the outburst of anger of the workers, blame them for the pogrom in the office, overturned cars and other inconvenience. But anyone who is honest with himself and others understands that it is impossible to demand courtesy and courtesy from people driven to despair, humiliated, locked in barracks in the most unsightly conditions, deprived of access to culture and education, every day offended by the attitude of “gentlemen ". The spontaneous nature of the workers' struggle is not their fault, but their misfortune and our defect.
We are wholly on the side of those working people who are fighting for their fundamental, class interests.
https://www.rotfront.su/vosstanie-na-st ... -amurskog/
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07/14/2020
Social explosion occurred
On July 13 , a spontaneous uprising of workers began at the construction of the Amur Gas Processing Plant owned by Gazprom . Information about the reasons is contradictory, but in any case is related to the amount of wages. The rebels took control of the construction site and defeated the contractor's office. Information about the taking of the hostages was not confirmed. On the evening of July 13, clashes with security forces occurred . At the time of July 14, 14:00 (local time), the workers were still in control of the territory, the area of their work was completely de-energized, and the work was stopped. According to unverified information, the opposing side - "Rosguard" - is preparing for the assault on the object.
General information
The customer for the construction is Gazprom, and the general contractor is NIPIGAZ . In reality, NIPIGAZ is only involved in the management and supervision of construction, and competing subcontractors - Renaissance Heavy Industries (Turkey), Velesstroy ( controlled by Croatia) and others - have been hired for the direct construction . The total number of workers involved in the construction is estimated at 20-25 thousand people . The national composition is variegated: Velesstroy has the majority of Russians, Serbs and Croats, the Turkish company - Uzbeks, Tajiks, Turks, a small number of Russians.
The uprising was raised by the workers of the Turkish subcontractor Renaissance Heavy Industries. According to reports from the scene, these are mostly Uzbek migrant workers. Information on the causes of the conflict is controversial. One version says that for half a year workers were paid 4 times less than what was announced when they were hired. Such numbers as 6000 rubles a month were called. Apparently, the employer allowed fraud with timesheets, which is generally a typical crime in Russian construction sites.
According to other information, the Turkish subcontractor, feeling the need to pay taxes related to the labor activity of a foreign company in the territory of the Russian Federation, decided to shift the financial burden on workers, from which 30% was unilaterally calculated . (According to recent reports, this version is most likely. - Ed. )
Whatever version is reliable (or both), it is clear that in one way or another the rights of workers to a fair payment for their labor were violated.
In addition, it should be said about the living conditions of workers living in the town of Renaissance Heavy Industries. 6-8 people live in small rooms . Most rooms have no desks. Security takes the chairs, so there’s nothing to sit on. The beds are bunk. Bedding change a big problem. There is no air conditioning, no TV. The food is bad. On the construction site there is a gym, 2-3 cafes, a pharmacy, a communication salon, a self-service store Avoska and several other small shops. In the evenings, all workers, as a rule, hustle in the street, between dormitories, or sit in smoking rooms. No cultural activities are organized. Cases of drunkenness are frequent. The treatment by the guards and the administration is derogatory, if not derogatory.
Brief Chronicle of Events
On July 13, several hundred workers of the Renaissance Heavy Industries subcontractor, mainly Uzbeks, spontaneously took to the streets and began to throw cobblestones around the buildings, cars, and other objects. After some time, they broke into the office of their employer and began a pogrom. According to eyewitnesses, the administration hastily escaped from the construction site. Most of the guards also fled. Engineering was evacuated from the territory. About 250 women were evacuated to another town. Information about the "hostage-taking" among the engineers was not confirmed.
One of the eyewitnesses reports that late in the evening of July 13, the Rosgvardia units arrived in time and tried to regain control over the construction site. There were sounds like automatic bursts. However, the attempt failed.
At night, the territory was still controlled by rebel workers. One of the workers of Velesstroy said that at night the Uzbek workers walked in groups around the rooms and looked for someone. “They asked who is here. If the Russians, then everything’s ok, ” he said. Perhaps the workers were looking for someone who was connected with their employer.
In the morning, Velesstroy began to take its workers away from the scene. Around the same time, a Niva car with the inscription “Road Safety” tried to get out through the checkpoint . The workers did not release her and wanted to turn her over. As a result, the car returned to the parking lot in the town.
Simultaneously with these events, a bus and a KamAZ car with the symbols of the Rosguard arrived from the outside. They stopped about 100 meters from the checkpoint, no one got out of there. No further information was received from the town, however, at 14:00 local time (8:00 Moscow time), the workers completely controlled the territory of the town. The Renaissance Heavy Industries site was completely de-energized; no work was done. Communication with the protesters was interrupted, but unverified information was received that Rosgvardia was preparing to storm the construction site.
At 09:30, the builder’s press service announced that "financial differences have been resolved . " At the same time, leading federal media began to disseminate information as if “they had agreed with the rebellious builders,” and allegedly no evidence of a delay in wages was revealed. However, the prosecutor's office of the Amur region found wage arrears in the amount of 14 million rubles .
Some conclusions
The construction of the Amur Gas Processing Plant is a very characteristic ugly phenomenon for capitalist Russia. The plant being built by Gazprom is not intended to serve the country's needs, but the needs of China and the United States . Instead of hiring Russians (who would have to pay a decent salary), Russian capitalists used the services of foreign contractors, and they, in turn, recruited foreign workers who were forced to work for a penny and in bestial conditions. It is not surprising that a social explosion occurred. Another thing is significant: the power fist of the Russian state does not threaten those who steal and bring the workers to an act of despair, but the workers themselves, who require honestly earned money.
This once again confirms a simple and clear idea: there is no and cannot be any "consent and reconciliation" between the robbed and the robbers. There is no and cannot be any “social world”. The Russian Federation is a class state. Like the vast majority of other countries on the planet, it stands guard over the interests of big capital, it protects the unfair order of robbery and exploitation.
Some arrogantly and contemptuously condemn the outburst of anger of the workers, blame them for the pogrom in the office, overturned cars and other inconvenience. But anyone who is honest with himself and others understands that it is impossible to demand courtesy and courtesy from people driven to despair, humiliated, locked in barracks in the most unsightly conditions, deprived of access to culture and education, every day offended by the attitude of “gentlemen ". The spontaneous nature of the workers' struggle is not their fault, but their misfortune and our defect.
We are wholly on the side of those working people who are fighting for their fundamental, class interests.
https://www.rotfront.su/vosstanie-na-st ... -amurskog/
Google Translator