Railway workers are preparing for a strike on June 17

The All -Russian protest of Russian railways employees may begin on June 17, the New Region agency reports. Evgeny Kulikov, Chairman of the Russian Trade Union of Locomotive Railways Locomotive Brigades, said that the strike would take place if the Russian Railways leadership did not go to negotiations with the trade union.

Negotiations between the head of Russian Railways Vladimir Yakunin and the chairman of the association of Russia's trade unions, social professor Sergei Vretsov, were scheduled for June 2. Socialistprof will represent the interests of the RPLBZH.

The main requirement of trade unions is the inclusion of RPLB in the negotiators in the preparation of a collective labor contract with a railway monopolist. This will really affect the increase in the wages of employees of locomotive brigades. This item is planned to be included in a special agreement between the trade union and the leadership of Russian Railways.

According to Yevgeny Kulikov, if on June 2 negotiations are unsuccessful, on June 16, a rally of Russian Railways employees will be held in Moscow, at which the start of a new protest protest will be announced. According to the leader of the RPLBH, the strike, if it takes place, will be of an all -Russian character. A number of regions have already announced their support for Moscow driver .