In Vorkuta, railway workers, contractors of Vorkutaugol, are preparing for a strike due to wage issues. 

In Vorkuta, employees of SeverPutStroy and SeverKomplektStroy are preparing for strikes. The former maintains the railway that transports coal for Vorkutaugol, while the latter provides locomotives and drivers for the transportation. SeverPutStroy employees are planning one strike. held yesterday - but today we have already returned to work. 

"We went out and they told us everyone would pay. But we're scared because this isn't the first time," Alexandra, an employee of the company, told NeMoskva. 

She said the problems began in January: the last time salaries were paid in full was in December 2025. After that, they only paid in installments, and advances were cut. Now, they haven't paid salaries for February. 

"People need to make a living. I have three children, I need to pay for utilities, school, and everyone needs to eat," Alexandra said.

Her colleague, Natalia, confirmed the situation. She says the money has never been paid, and there were only verbal promises that February's salary would arrive. 

"We don't know what to do next. We haven't appealed to any authorities because our management is willing to pay us, but they're directly dependent on Vorkutaugol. We love our management; they contacted the prosecutor's office themselves, and they said, 'Follow us,' apparently because Vorkutaugol is the city's mainstay, and no one wants to mess with them," Natalya speculates.

Engine drivers and locomotive assemblers from SeverKomplektStroy are planning to strike tomorrow—their wages are longer overdue. However, Vorkutaugol has yet to respond to the SeverPutStroy workers' protests, even though the company will face problems without coal transportation.

Coal companies in other regions of Russia are also facing problems. In the Kemerovo region stopped production of 30 coal enterprises out of 150. Debts to miners exceeded 8 million rubles, and debts to contractors are accumulating. Miners are not being paid wages in Yakutia. On projections Economist Natalia Zubarevich says the problems in the coal industry will only worsen this year.