Workers practise oxy welding in a re-education centre in the Ural town of Zlatoust March 16, 2009. The director of this sprawling steel mill in the Ural mountains has branded a group of hunger-striking workers as extremists who are threatening the social order in a time of economic crisis. But the small group of striking workers, who say their wages have fallen three-fold since September, are more worried about making payments on crippling consumer loans than fomenting class warfare. Picture taken March 16, 2009. REUTERS/Thomas Peter (RUSSIA BUSINESS)