"The management's outrageous behavior is mind-boggling." Construction workers on the second BAM line have not received their wages since August.
This is what they are talking about told in a video message to Vladimir Putin, which, of course, was not broadcast on the direct line.
According to workers, significant wage arrears began back in August. And in September, they began paying "minimum wages, forcing them to quit."
According to journalists from Sibir.Realii, approximately 600 construction workers faced a problem: instead of the promised 150 rubles per month, they were paid less than 40. Meanwhile, Bamstroytekhnologii, the contractor that spent approximately seven billion rubles last year, is currently in liquidation.
The workers complained to the labor inspectorate, but received a formal reply.
«People were abandoned at the watchtower along with their equipment to the mercy of fate and unable to go home."," one of the workers said.
The Baikal-Amur Mainline (BAM) is considered one of the largest railway lines in the world and is still under construction: construction of the second line began 10 years ago. Putin has stated that this is a larger-scale project than the one built in the USSR.
Let us recall that a couple of weeks ago began A strike by construction workers on the M-12 high-speed highway—another major project overseen by Putin personally. Workers complained about wage arrears since September. Debts have become pay only after it was reported in the media.