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Datablog | Youth in Georgia have little trust in unions

by Nino Zubashvili

•4 min read

Despite some recent victories by independent trade unions, recent data shows that youth in Georgia both have low trust and low awareness of unions in the country. Worker strikes in recent years in Georgia, such as the 2018 metro operators’ strike, the 2019 social workers’ strike, and the 2021 delivery workers’ strike, among others, have led to focus on unions and their role in the country. However, due to Georgia’s Soviet heritage and neoliberal policies, among other factors, some argue tha

Chiatura

Speaking up through sewn lips: a wildcat strike in Chiatura

by Dato Parulava

•9 min read

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. Around 3,000 mine workers went on strike in the industrial City of Chiatura, in western Georgia, earlier in May. They worked for Georgian Manganese LLC, the largest employer in the ore-rich but otherwise poor dust-covered city, a city where the river has turned black due to manganese contamination. Numerous workers ha