Miners continue to strike in Tkibuli

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19 November, 2012

Miners continue to strike in Tkibuli, Imereti region of Georgia. 45 miners are on strike down in a mine, an InterpressNews correspondent reports.
The miners demand that all employees are allowed to keep their jobs and contracts to be signed with all of them.
Family members of the miners have also assembled near the mine. They call on journalists to come down into the mine and see the existing situation.
The miners are supplied with food and contact with them

is possible by telephone.

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