Brest: strike at "Compo"
In the morning of 8 February workers of
the mechanical workshop of the machine-building enterprise "Compo"
refused to start working.
The reason for the preventive
strike was that in January the administration refused to pay wage
bonuses to them. As a result, the turners and milling machine
operators, who weren't satisfied with their wages (2-3 million
rubles, $230-345) decided to strike.
The head of "Compo"
Mikhail Belavusau met with the workers and explained it by the fact
that the enterprise, which specializes in the production of equipment
for meat-processing industry, had been having problems with the sale
of its production since the beginning of the year, as a result of
which it was decided not to pay the wage bonuses. However, having
listened to the workers' arguments, he promised to pay the bonuses
later and even find the possibilities to increase the wages. On
hearing such promises, the workers proceeded to work.
