The vehicle operators of Yekaterinburg-based Concern Kalina are protesting against the layoffs that they feel are unlawful, their representative and Managing Partner of YurLiga Ivan Volkov told UrBC in all the detail.

‘There are twelve protesters, many of whom have worked for the company for over thirty years. The long-haul truck drivers had a salary of 13,000 RUR plus a 13,000 RUR monthly bonus if the employer felt like it. Now they have been fired. They were accused of entering exaggerated figures in their speedometer logs throughout the year 2011 in order to hoard fuel. However, no proof of this was provided whatsoever,’ Volkov said.

‘The workers explained that they had been asked to come to the security staff’s office and were given their slips and a plain sheet of paper that had the driver’s name on it and the sum that was to be transferred to Concern Kalina within ten days,’ Volkov explained. He also said the workers were going to protect themselves in court.