25 March 2004, 12:56
Protest action of air traffic controllers in southern Russia
Several hundreds of air traffic controllers in Rostov-on-Don, Volgograd, Sochi, and other southern Russian cities are going to hold a protest action. The action will affect the work of air transport in no way, announced the federation of air traffic controller' trade unions.
The people are not satisfied with the last indexation of their pay, which has been increased by 13 rubles.
As a protest, each participant in the action is going to place a similar sum to the account of the air traffic corporation's director general. The trade unions report this protest action will not be the last, similar actions will be arranged in some other Russian cities.
Source: Ekho Moskvy Radio