Construction migrant workers stand next to an unfinished building they worked on during a strike in the Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg, about 1500 kilometers (900 miles) east of Moscow, on Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008. More than 100 migrant workers started a strike last week demanding pay for three months of work. Russia is grappling with its worst financial crisis in a decade, and companies across a range of sectors have announced a slew of job cuts as they hunker down to conserve cash. (AP Photo/Alexei Vladykin)