Bosnian miners strike underground over pay
Sarajevo - Around 140 miners have barricaded themselves 250 metres below ground at a mine in northern Bosnia and threaten to go on hunger strike in a row over recruitment and pay.
Workers at the Djurdjevik mine, near the town of Tuzla, are angry at the hiring of an administrative official, which they say violates an agreement with the government to hold off recruitment of non-production staff until the wages of miners can go up.
"The situation is really dramatic," the mine's trade union president, Said Muhic, told state radio.
The union has long complained over pay, conditions and delayed modernisation plans at the mine.
http://www.fin24.com/Economy/Bosnian-miners-strike-underground-over-pay-20130903
From July :
Romanian miners stay underground in coal price protest http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/07/19/uk-romania-protest-miners-idUKBRE96I0CQ20130719
Albania miners' underground hunger strike enters day three http://www.mining.com/albania-miners-underground-hunger-strike-enters-day-three/
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