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Welcome to ‘hell’: working on a Georgian railway construction site

26 February 2018 by Luka Pertaia

Tevdore Natsabidze, a labourer at the railway tunnel con­struc­tion site, walks to work. Tevdore was one of roughly fifty striking employees accusing the con­struc­tion company of violating labour safety rules (Luka Pertaia /OC Media)

Railway con­struc­tion in central Georgia is a key part of ambitious plans to modernise Georgia’s infra­struc­ture. Despite warnings from trade unions and official inspec­tors, life for the workers remains a ‘living hell’.

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Filed Under: Labour, Top Tagged With: Bezhatubani, China Railway 23rd Bureau Group, construction, georgia, kharagauli, labour inspection, labour laws, labour rights, railway, workers, zvare

Railway construction workers on strike in central Georgia

17 January 2018 by OC Media

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Dozens of railway con­struc­tion workers have gone on strike in central Georgia demanding better labour con­di­tions. According to the Georgian Trade Union Con­fed­er­a­tion (GTUC), they are protest­ing ‘severe vio­la­tions’ of the labour code, and an unsafe work envi­ron­ment. [Read more…]

Filed Under: News Stories Tagged With: construction, georgia, gtuc, kharagauli, labour code, labour conditions, labour rights, labour safety, railway, trade union, workers rights

Two injured on railway construction site in Georgia

31 July 2017 by OC Media

Protest in Khara­gauli, November 2016 (Audi­to­ri­um 115)

Two workers were injured on 29 July after an accident in a tunnel they were working on. Despite denials from the con­struc­tion company, trade unions claim that labour safety rules were breached.

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Filed Under: News Stories Tagged With: georgia, kharagauli, labour, labour rights, railway, zvare

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