Georgia’s EU U-turn
Calls for a general strike in Georgia: where are the unions?
Amid growing calls for a general strike, Georgia’s largest trade unions have remained mostly silent.
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Georgia
Laid-off Rustavi nitrogen factory workers win back jobs after three-year legal battle
Fifty-six former employees of a nitrogen factory in Rustavi, a city 20 km south of the Georgian capital Tbilisi, have won back their jobs after a three-year legal battle with their employer, Rustavi Azot. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court ordered the chemical fertiliser company to reinstate them to their previous positions and to reimburse their salaries for their three years of enforced idleness. The 56 plaintiffs were among 350 of the chemical plant’s 2,000 employees who were laid off on
Evolution Gaming
Georgian online casino employees unionise for strike after mass firings
Employees of online gambling provider Evolution Gaming in Georgia have created a union after several employees claimed to have been fired for demanding better wages and working conditions. Evolution Gaming is a Swedish company listed in Stockholm that provides gambling services to a number of prominent online casinos internationally, including Malta-based Betway and London-based William Hill. The company provides ‘live dealers’, where players interact with a real dealer via a live-strea
Georgia
Workers on Georgia’s east-west motorway go on strike
Around 80 labourers working on upgrading Georgia’s main east-west motorway have been on strike since last Sunday, demanding improvements to their working conditions. Workers on the Upper Osiauri–Chumaleti section of the road, near Khashuri, are awaiting a response to their demands from construction company SinoHydro. According to a statement on Monday from rights group the Human Rights Education and Monitoring Center (EMC), ‘most of the workers do not have a copy of their own contract’, are
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