Approximately 360 miners from the Paroseni and Uricani pit coal mines located in Valea Jiului have blocked themselves in the underground, throughout the night and on Tuesday morning, because they are unsatisfied for not receiving their wages for November, the payment being delayed by a week.

The protest started on Monday evening at the Paroseni Mine with the miners of the 3rd shift, afterwards it extended throughout the night and on Tuesday morning at the Uricani Mine, with the employees of the 4th and 1st shifts, President of the "Huila" Union from the Jiu Valley National Mine Closures Company (SNIMVJ) Laszlo Domokos stated for Agerpres.

"Overall, a number of 357 miners are protesting in the underground at the two coal mines, miners from the 1st, 3rd and 4th shifts. They are all unsatisfied because they haven’t yet received the advance payment of the wage for November," the union leader explained.

A miners’ delegation is to meet Tuesday morning the director general of the national company for mines Aurel Anghel in the attempt to find solutions to the crisis.

The trade union leader said he would request the intervention of the Economy Ministry in solving the protest and to set a timetable for rescheduling the payments for the supplied coal, including for the months of December 2016 and January 2017 – at least the wages could be covered, he said.

"The miners are discontent. There are problems coming from behind, it’s a situation hard to handle as there are also problems with the lack of equipments. We ask for guarantees that the money will be paid," Domokos said.

Source: Nine o'clock