Ukrainian Space Workers Rally for Back Pay
Hello reader! It follows an article published on the day ( 01/21 ) in the website “Parabolic Arc” noting that Ukrainian Space Workers rally for back pay . Duda Falcão News Ukrainian Space Workers Rally for Back Pay By Doug Messier January 21, 2015, at 11:54 am (Credt: Yuzhnoye) The first stage of Orbital Sciences Corporation’s Antares rocket is shipped out from Yuzhnoye design bureau in Ukraine. Interfax-Ukraine reports that workers at the A.M. Makarov Southern Machine-Building Plant (PA Yuzhmash) in Dnepropetrovsk , Ukraine held a rally to protest the lack of pay and work. The workers build Zenit and Cyclone-4 boosters as well as the first stage of Orbital Sciences Corporation’s Antares launch vehicle and the fourth stage for Europe’s Vega rocket. They are also involved in Dnepr, a decommissioned ballistic missile that has been converted into a satellite launcher. The report indicates that since last July, employees have been working