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| Miners in Western Romania fear they will lose their jobs | Photo: GlasulHd.ro |
Around 50 coal miners on Wednesday, for the third consecutive day, continued their underground protest against government plans to restructure the state-owned energy company, Complexul Energetic Hunedoara, CEH, which was declared insolvent in January.
Hundreds of coal miners at the Vulcan and Lonea mines started the protest on Monday, fearing they will lose their jobs.
Some have continued to remain underground, others have gone on hunger strike, while others have gone down the mines on their shifts but didnt work at all.
“We are awaiting clear measures from the government to help us. All the miners are protesting against plans to restructure the compnay b…
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