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WORKERS at Turk Mine were joined by their wives yesterday to protest against non-payment of salaries and poor working conditions.

When The Chronicle visited the mine in Bubi district yesterday morning, scores of miners were camped outside its premises together with their wives who had joined the protest.

The mine’s employees were complaining that they had not been paid their salaries for the past three months yet they know the company is producing a lot of gold.

Some of the women who joined the protest said they were considering denying their husbands their conjugal rights to pressurise them to demand their dues from work.

Workers also said the mine was forcing them to buy groceries on credit from the mine’s shop which charges exorbitant prices. Another employee said the company was providing them with two litres of maheu before sending them to work.

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