Tuapse stevedores strike to recover $2.9m

Following a ruling by a local judge that workers at Tuapse Trading Seaport were being incorrectly paid for nightshift working, stevedores voted with their feet and brought operations to halt for much of the month of August.

In all, 280 workers withdrew labour after it was announced that payments had been incorrectly made for the previous 15 years.

Workers were owed a total of $2.9m.