MORE PROTESTS AT UKRAINIAN MINES.

Labor unrest is looming again in the troubled Donbass coal-mining region. On November 1, the strike committee at Donetskuhol reportedly forced a decision on the trade unions to halt deliveries of coal to consumers. The same day, 24 branch leaders of the Independent Trade Union of Ukrainian Coalworkers declared a hunger strike to protest the sharp deterioration of their living conditions and the government’s refusal to meet basic demands, such as paying back wages. (8)

Death Penalty Row Continues.