Miners Stage Roadblocks over Lack of Layoff Compensation

Society | September 7, 2016, Wednesday // 11:57
Bulgaria: Miners Stage Roadblocks over Lack of Layoff Compensation File photo, BGNES

Nearly a hundred miners staged on Wednesday a blockade of the road linking Burgas and the resort town of Slanchev Bryag (Sunny Beach) by the Black Sea.

A trade union official representing workers at the mine earlier told the Bulgarian National Radio the average value of salaries and layoff compensations owed to each of them was to the tune of BGN 2000 (around EUR 1023).

The Cherno More mine, in the region of Burgas, was closed down in April, with its employees not having received payment for months at the time.

This has been the second protest of workers at the mine since April.

The mine is owned by controversial entrepreneur Hristo Kovachki.

Protesters, speaking to a reporter of private bTV station, called on Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov to meet with Kovachki to discuss possible solutions.

We need your support so Novinite.com can keep delivering news and information about Bulgaria! Thank you!

Society » Be a reporter: Write and send your article
Tags: Hristo Kovachki, Black Sea, Burgas, miners, Cherno More, mine, protest

Advertisement
Advertisement
Bulgaria news Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency - www.sofianewsagency.com) is unique with being a real time news provider in English that informs its readers about the latest Bulgarian news. The editorial staff also publishes a daily online newspaper "Sofia Morning News." Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency - www.sofianewsagency.com) and Sofia Morning News publish the latest economic, political and cultural news that take place in Bulgaria. Foreign media analysis on Bulgaria and World News in Brief are also part of the web site and the online newspaper. News Bulgaria