Bulgaria's Protesting Miners to Block Main Road Again
Politics | July 5, 2007, ThursdayThe protesting miners from the Maritza Iztok mines will try to block again the road connecting the towns of Russe and Svilengrad on Thursday, despite the yesterday's clashes with the police.
Police have already arrived at the place of the protest to wait for the minors, the local leader of the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (CITUB) said.
It is possible that the miners go on effective strike within two weeks, the chairman of the national striking committee of CITUB Valentin Nikiforov said.
After the Wednesday clashes, trade unionists say that three miners suffered injuries from tear gas and another two policemen were seriously hurt, when 600 protesting workers clashed with police some 6 kilometres away from the place where the protest had to take place.
The miners were travelling in their working busses when the police stopped them and forced the men to get out.
The workers protest for a fourht day in a row, demanding a removal of the income tax imposed on the social expenditures and a change in the order for labour categories.
The miners have vowed to block the road every day for an hour in the morning until the government answers their pleas.
Meanwhile, Interior Minister vehemently defended the policemen, who allegedly crushed with violence the protest. He said he is firmly standing behind the police actions, adding that two of the law enforcement officers were beaten up by the miners.
Police have already arrived at the place of the protest to wait for the minors, the local leader of the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (CITUB) said.
It is possible that the miners go on effective strike within two weeks, the chairman of the national striking committee of CITUB Valentin Nikiforov said.
After the Wednesday clashes, trade unionists say that three miners suffered injuries from tear gas and another two policemen were seriously hurt, when 600 protesting workers clashed with police some 6 kilometres away from the place where the protest had to take place.
The miners were travelling in their working busses when the police stopped them and forced the men to get out.
The workers protest for a fourht day in a row, demanding a removal of the income tax imposed on the social expenditures and a change in the order for labour categories.
The miners have vowed to block the road every day for an hour in the morning until the government answers their pleas.
Meanwhile, Interior Minister vehemently defended the policemen, who allegedly crushed with violence the protest. He said he is firmly standing behind the police actions, adding that two of the law enforcement officers were beaten up by the miners.
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