Jiu Valley coal miners protest underground: 300 more join in second mine

Approximately 300 miners barricaded themselves underground on Tuesday in the Vulcan coal mine of the Jiu Valley in western Romania; in the above-ground premises, office staff joined the protest of two pit shifts. They are worried about the possible bankruptcy of the state-owned Hunedoara Energy Complex (CEH), comprising of four coal mines and two thermal power plants with a total of 6,300 employees. The company is currently ...

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