Miners of coal and power group CE Oltenia rally in Bucharest as company switches to green

Employees from the Oltenia Energetic Complex (CE Oltenia) protested on Tuesday, March 24, in front of the government’s headquarters in Bucharest, dissatisfied with the loss of jobs starting April 1, the lack of social protection measures for those laid off, and the prospect of closing mining in 2030. Specifically, some 1,800 employees will not have renewed their non-permanent contracts.

Prime minister Ilie Bolojan, meeting the miners’ representatives, reminded them that the personnel downsizing was planned, the restructuring of CE Oltenia to shift towards green resources was financed under a state aid scheme notified to the European Commission, and highlighted that the employees under discussion are working under fixed-term contracts.