In Kostomuksha, drivers of garbage trucks went on strike because of multi-month salary debts

In Kostomuksha, drivers managing special equipment for garbage collection suspended their activities. According to the publication “64 parallel online”, in the near future it is expected to stop the export of solid waste from both citizens and legal entities within the district.

The incident is related to the April enterprise, which acts as a contractor for the regional operator in Kostomuksha. The reason for the work stoppage was the systematic disregard of salary obligations for staff arrears over a period exceeding two months.

Today, the Chairman of the Council of Deputies Elena Soboleva and Deputy Ivan Valdaev met with the workers to find ways to resolve the conflict. According to the statements of the administration and representative body, they were not aware of the impending strike because the drivers did not contact them directly.

The prosecutor's office drew attention to the problem after the relevant information appeared on social networks. Currently, the Agency has initiated a supervisory inspection regarding the fact of non-payment of wages. According to preliminary forecasts, the salaries of employees will be transferred within the next week.