According to the sources, unionists and ministry representatives will meet again for talks on Wednesday. Unionists demand that danger bonuses for miners should be raised from RON600 to RON700.
The collective work contract states that the hazardous work bonus must be equal to the minimum wage, the sources added.
Over 3,000 miners at the seven coal mines located in the Jiu Valley, southwestern Romania, staged their third consecutive day of protests Wednesday, disgruntled that their problems were not solved.
Miners took to the streets of Petrosani Wednesday, shouting slogans against the government and saying they have lost their patience.
Economy Minister Lucian Bode decided Tuesday that CNH Petrosani will pay the third tranche of severance to laid off miners staring Wednesday, March 7. The ministry said in a press release that on March 7, CNH will start procedures to allot the sum needed for the payment of the third tranche of severance pay to workers made redundant in 2011.
In January this year, the Economy Ministry signed a protocol with the unions representing miners of CNH Petrosani, regarding the payment of a new tranche of severance pay to workers laid off in 2011. The ministry said at the time that the protocol resolved issues regarding the payment of the third tranche of severance to personnel laid off in 2011, the personnel deficit created by departures for retirement in 2012, and created the legal framework to set the delivery price for coal back in relation to the company’s production costs. (EUR1=RON4.3558)