1998 Russian miners' strike
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The 1998 Russian miners' strike, also known as the "rail war", was a strike of Russian coal miners over the non-payment of wages after a year. In addition to the demands for wages, strikers demanded the resignation of Boris Yeltsin as President of Russia. The strikes eventually ended with the payment of wages by the mining companies involved.
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1998 Russian miners' strike | |||
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Part of the 1998 Russian financial crisis | |||
Date | May – July 1998 | ||
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Goals | Payment of wages | ||
Methods | Strikes, nonviolent resistance, civil disobedience | ||
Concessions | Wages paid | ||
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Decentralised leadership Boris Yeltsin (President of Russia) |
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