Workers at a national space centre being built in Russia have gone on hunger strike after they failed to receive months of unpaid wages despite a promise from President Vladimir Putin.
Gosh, if only this were the most disturbing story about Russia’s space centers.
Last week, a rocket was launched from one of them. It exploded almost immediately after launch. This wouldn’t be that big of a deal, if it weren’t for one little thing: nobody knows who launched the rocket and why. Nobody is taking responsibility.
Another bizarre story is that of workers of a large factory that keep sending sad pleas to Putin, asking him to pay them their salaries that have been in arrears for months. The only problem is that the factory does not belong to the state. It was privatized back in the 1990s.
I’m all for workers’ rights but when the workers haven’t managed to notice that the factory has not been owned by the state for 20 years, it’s hard to commiserate with their plight.
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