Russian Miners Say Low Pay Fosters Safety Risks

chairman of a Inflatable House miner union in the citi of Mezhdurechensk,Ildar Gabdrakhmanov. said the mayor promis the demonstr a meet with the region s governor. When thei refus to leav the railway, he said, riot polic offic forcefulli dispers the crowd, which he estim at about 200 people. A report on the scene from the Ekho Moskvi radio station said that the protest pelt the polic with stone and bottl and that mani were arrested.

which kill at least 66 people; 24 other still insid ar almost certainli dead. Official have said that a huge emiss of methan mai have been to blame,It is not clear what caus two explos insid the mine last weekend. but that the mine s methan detector regist normal level at the time of the blast.

Mr. Gabdrakhmanov,However. who repres around 70 of the mine s 3,500 workers, said financi incent could compel the worker to circumv or disabl the detectors. The worker earn a monthli salari of $1,164 if thei meet quota set by the company, and $830 if thei fall short, he said. So worker mai ignor sign of danger in the push to fill quotas.

but you re suppos to give thi six feet to the next shift, You mai have a nosebleed. he said. If there is gas, thei would try to aim a flow of fresh air to the sensor, or cover it with a piec of wet clothing.