RUSAL ‘spade beating’ threats…A special committee comprising of senior managers of International Alumina Division is expected to arrive in Guyana this week to investigate recent reports surrounding the RUSAL General Manager.This is according to a statement which was issued by the RUSAL Bauxite Company yesterday.This move follows reports in some section of the media that the Company’s General Manager Ruslan Volokhov had threatened some workers with violence.According to the statement, the General Manager has since proceeded to leave the mine site for the time of the investigation. It has also been noted in the statement that upon completion of investigation, the company will take such actions as deemed appropriate.The Russian-owned, RUSAL/Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc. (BCGI), came under scrutiny for a recent incident in which its General Manager is accused of using a spade to threaten workers. While Kaieteur News was told on Friday by a lawyer for the company that Ruslan Volokhov was relieved of his duties, the company had denied this and issued a short statement.According to RUSAL’s local representative,Cheap Jerseys China, Ramdeo Kumar, on Sunday, May 8, at 04:25hrs,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, management was informed of a problem with the water system at its Aroaima campsite.This problem was also being experienced by all residents of Mapletown,China NFL Jerseys, including at the senior staff quarters.“Management promptly responded and resolved this problem by 07:10hrs and water was restored.? Out of 189 employees on day’s shift, 19 employees chose not to report to work due to “lack of water” for bathing,NFL Cheap Jerseys, etc.”The General Manager, on learning that they were not going to work, proceeded to the campsite to investigate.“He remonstrated strongly with the employees as they were affecting the production program for the shift and then they left for their shift (six hours later). This matter was considered closed by management at this point as everything was restored.”However the Guyana Trade Union Congress (GTUC) on Friday said that it received complaints from workers that Volokhov threatened them with a spade. Several workers were seated in a bus at the time.Volokhov allegedly was carrying a spade in his hands and “threatened to bash their heads and faces then bury them. This threat was made to the workers when they were in the company’s bus at the camp site.”GTUC,Cheap Jerseys, in the statement,Wholesale Jerseys China, was clearly not happy over the incident on Sunday, describing it as slavery-like attitude by the manager.