19 November 2001 MINSK, 16 November (Radio Racyja)–Representatives of the independent miners’ trade union of the Solihorsk based company Belaruskaliy held a picket in Minsk on 16 November. The workers demanded that the authorities abrogate the taxation on allowances that miners receive after dismissal or redundancy. They also protested against the current high income taxation rate (about 30 percent). The […]
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