Ukraine Labor Dares Operation Vulture by Michael Hudson

Mineworkers and members of the Independent Trade Union of Miners (NPGU) in Ukraine's Donetsk region. Through Solidarity Center support, union members participate in trainings and regional exchanges. Credit: Solidarity Center. 2014.

Image by Solidarity Center via Flickr

by Michael Hudson
Writer, Dandelion Salad
michael-hudson.com
May 28, 2015

Ukraine’s collapse since the February 2014 coup has become an umbrella for grabitization. Collateral damage in this free-for-all has been labor. Many workers are simply not getting paid, and what they actually is being paid is often illegally low. Employers are taking whatever money is in their business accounts and squirreling it away – preferably abroad, or at least in foreign currency.

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