Many Ukrainian factory workers have left the job to join the fight against Russia. Others have fled. Some have stuck around, but with a new mission.
1 of 10 A worker welds metal inside the Interpipe Steel plant in Dnipro, Ukraine, Thursday, March 10, 2022. Getting steel gas pipes to Texas oil companies and railway wheels to European high-speed train operators has been put on hold as hundreds of Interpipe’s roughly 10,000 employees in Ukraine have joined the fight against Russia. Working with a skeleton crew, some of Interpipe’s facilities are running their canteens and making metal barriers to block Russian tanks and convoys.
Two workers weld metal inside the Interpipe Steel plant in Dnipro, Ukraine, Thursday, March 10, 2022. Getting steel gas pipes to Texas oil companies and railway wheels to European high-speed train operators has been put on hold as hundreds of Interpipe’s roughly 10,000 employees in Ukraine have joined the fight against Russia. Working with a skeleton crew, some of Interpipe’s facilities are running their canteens and making metal barriers to block Russian tanks and convoys.
Beds and personal items are shown in a bomb shelter area at the Interpipe Steel plant in Dnipro, Ukraine, Thursday, March 10, 2022. Getting steel gas pipes to Texas oil companies and railway wheels to European high-speed train operators has been put on hold as hundreds of Interpipe’s roughly 10,000 employees in Ukraine have joined the fight against Russia.
"It was a hard choice to stop production. We had plenty of orders, a lot of customers awaiting our material. But if you have to choose between safety, and possible profits, I think the answer is obvious," said Bibik, who's worked at the company for nearly two decades."The most important thing we have is life and we really need to take care of the people we love."
"We want to give priority to the refugees, people trying to move out of the war zone, and humanitarian and military convoys," said Interpipe's Houston-based chairman and former CEO Fadi Hraibi.
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