Keti Tomeishvili (Nina Baidauri / Women of Georgia)
‘I was 29 when I had to emigrate and returned 14 years later. My sister was very young when she was diagnosed with an aneurysm. The doctors told her her chances of survival were only 2%, but I really wanted even this tiny chance.’ [Read more…]
Georgian Manganese’s enrichment plant in Chiatura. (Mari Nikuradze / OC Media)
After starting a sudden and unsanctioned strike earlier this month, miners in Chiatura stitched their lips together to demonstrate how much their hazardous occupations cost. [Read more…]
Panorama Tbilisi. (Natia Amiranashvili/Liberali)
Three people have been injured working on the construction of Georgia’s controversial Panorama Tbilisi project. Video footage from immediately after the accident showed that safety rules were not being followed on the site. [Read more…]
Andranik Kocharyan with his family (Mania Israyelyan/OC Media)
Faced with ignorance and discrimination, finding work as a blind person in Armenia can be a difficult task. [Read more…]
‘Social workers are not superman!’ (Shota Kincha / OC Media)
Georgia’s social workers have returned to work after a week-long strike, announcing that the government had ‘partially’ met their demands. [Read more…]
(Dato Parulava / OC Media)
Several hundred people took to the streets of Tbilisi on Monday to protest poor labour safety measures after two construction workers were found dead at a construction site. [Read more…]
Georgian women marched against sexual violence and labour exploitation. (Tamuna Chkareuli / OC Media)
On 8 March, International Women's Day, dozens of Georgian women took to the streets of Tbilisi to protest against sexual violence and to demand proper labour conditions for women.
The Tbilisi Aircraft Manufacturing plant (TAM.ge)
Around 120 workers at an aircraft manufacturing factory in Tbilisi have gone on strike after negotiations with the company’s management failed. [Read more…]
Worker in Chiatura (Mari Nikuradze /OC Media)
Georgia has adopted a new law on occupational safety granting inspectors new powers to inspect all workplaces in the country without a court order or giving prior warning. [Read more…]
Georgia’s newly adopted law on labour safety is lacking statutes on workers’ rights due a narrow definition of safety — working hours, overtime payment, and required breaks are still not sufficiently regulated. Due to such weak edicts, worker fatalities are still on the rise.
