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12 Oct 2016

Author:
Novinite (Bulgaria)

Bulgaria: Workers at Bobov Dol mines protest over unpaid wages & food vouchers

"Underground protest at Bulgaria's Bobov Dol mines continues"

Miners from Babino pit, at the Bobov Dol mines in Bulgaria, continue their protest action...as their talks with the management and trade union have failed, the public broadcaster has said...Staging an underground sit-in, more than 110 miners spent the night under the ground, demanding all their salaries since August and unpaid food vouchers, but also calling for clarity about the future of the pit which is facing closedown. Vagledobiv Bobov Dol EOOD, their employer, owes workers tens of thousands worth of food vouchers.