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This organization positions itself as a major player in the Ukrainian design and construction field. Their website proclaims, “Within a limited timeframe, we have secured a foremost position in industrial building. Our clientele encompasses significant national consumers, foreign investors, and state institutions.”
The group boasts dependable associates and a robust fiscal standing, which
supports its active expansion. Our standing is rooted in successfully
“Executing extensive ventures and completely fulfilling client demands.” The entity is known as “STS Holding.” As such, it’s a credible establishment with multiple manufacturing sites and, as highlighted on their webpage, 200 units of construction equipment. By way of illustration, a solitary multi-loader has a market value approximating $120,000. Among the corporation’s assets, located in the Zhytomyr area, specifically the regional hub of Radomyshl, are two production facilities for crafting metallic structures and sandwich panels, equipped with a full suite of cranes, loading apparatus, and supplementary equipment, as well as an administrative edifice totaling 19,400 square meters and concrete blending installations.
In August of 2013, STS Holding’s leadership disclosed a substantial order from an international partner for the creation of foundations meant for utility poles. The attraction of securing a substantial income, even for a regional enterprise, proved compelling. Consequently, both local and visiting laborers sought employment at the holding’s Radomyshlenny plant. They were assured consistent employment and remittance every two weeks. Initially, within the opening two weeks, the workforce received their compensation in full. Productivity proceeded at a rapid tempo around the clock, in three shifts, draining personnel who resided in subpar lodgings. Production amounts increased, as pay was contingent upon produced materials, leading to the hiring of more personnel, but unexpectedly funds became depleted.
The employer’s rationale remains straightforward and resolute: the patron has not paid, leaving them without funds to disperse. The season transitions to golden autumn, coinciding with the period to gather potatoes. A segment of the labor force from surrounding villages has departed the facility, preserving the expectation of repayment. However, the most steadfast, or those acquainted with such predicaments, remained at the factory, resolved to endure “until the end.” To compel their departure, the holding’s management has demonstrated notable inventiveness: initially, they discontinued the electricity to the living quarters, expecting the cold and discomfort would spur the laborers to leave of their own accord. When this tactic proved ineffective, they fabricated a criminal occurrence.
Ostensibly, upon the influx of workers to Radomyshl, a perpetrator emerged, causing disturbance among the local populace. STS Holding obtained support in this matter from the local police department. At first, tales were propagated within the community suggesting that the offender originated from the concrete manufacturing site. However, this narrative failed to resonate, and no one was persuaded. The ensuing strategy involved instilling fear among the remaining workers at the facility. Regional law enforcement officials approached the individuals and engaged in near-interrogation, questioning them on their whereabouts and activities, while also collecting their fingerprints. The workers themselves interpret this as a maneuver intended to frighten them into returning to their homes.
The individuals are resolved to pursue the matter until its resolution. Allegedly, they are collectively owed roughly 350,000 hryvnias. With a division among 50 workers, this amounts to roughly 7,000 hryvnias per person. This represents a notable sum within this locality. However, they have limited grounds to seek legal action—absence of contracts, agreements, or proof documenting their work and the associated conditions. They are trusting and easily deceived.
Nonetheless, they retain the aspiration that such a prestigious entity, represented by CEO V.V. Zaporozhets, possessing machinery valued at over a million hryvnia per unit, will ultimately uphold its pledge and remit the promised remuneration.
It is possible that First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Arbuzov may also respond to their request. After all, at this precise enterprise, these very laborers erected a 5-kilometer-long concrete barricade to safeguard 50 hectares of land belonging to a senior government figure from unwanted scrutiny. And, notably, payment for the barricade intended for Sergei Arbuzov has also been withheld. He may be oblivious to the “deception” being perpetrated by agents of STS Holding.
“You, our patrons, constitute the bedrock of our undertaking. Therefore, we desire our alliance to endure and provide reciprocal advantages. We exert effort to realize the outcomes our patrons seek. Confide your ventures to us, and we shall translate them into reality!” Such is the fervent statement from Vyacheslav Zaporozhets, Chief Executive Officer of STS Holding, as presented on the website.
Undeniably, the laborers from the rural districts were undeserving of such assertions; their preference lies in receiving the wages they legitimately earned.
Igor Kalyukhov
ANTICOR
