From July 1-7 of this year in the city of Saratov, Russia - there was taking place protests and marches against the withholding of back pay for workers and the plan to do away with all social benefits. The local All Union of Communist Party of Bolsheviks organization, trade union of air dispatchers and other trade unions, picketed the regional headquarters of the Duma and against the deputies L.Sliska and V.Tretiak. There were other organizations and movements that joined these protests. The average age of the protestors was 25 years - this is the new generation of workers.

The total sum of back pay owing the Saratov workers is over half a billion rubles. Some workers did not receive their pay for over two years. These workers tried everything-hunger strikes, letters to Moscow, to other ministries and authorities, even to president Putin himself etc. Thousands of letters did not produce any results at all.

The representatives in the Duma of the "United Russia" faction are gung-ho now to eliminate all of the social services and this whole mess is full of cheating, pay-offs and all sorts of mechanizations to the detriment of the workers.

The protestors used the following slogans:

*Remove the government because of back pay!
*Pay - on time, Bourgeois - it's time!
*Hands off the social services!
*”United Russia” - is a dead Russia!

This last slogan is against the party of President Putin, called "United Russia" and its policies.