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Minister Temenuzhka Petkova and the unions give a briefing PHOTO: Mariana Boykova
At the end of the year they have been fulfilled, according to the unions.
Following the threat of a strike and following meetings with Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and Energy Minister Temenujka Petkova, CITUB and Podkrepa LC issued a BGN 55 million loan for the state-owned company Maritsa East Mines, which will be granted by the energy holding company. Bulgarian. The holding company, which owns the mines, will make its decision today, the energy minister said, with BGN 50 million to cover repair and investment costs in the mines, and BGN 5 million to increase miners’ wages.
Therefore, by the end of the year, the operation of the mines is guaranteed, said CITUB leader Plamen Dimitrov. He specified that salaries have not been raised for 2.5 years.
Minister Petkova recalled that the state has guaranteed that it will have the Maritza-Este complex in the integrated Climate – Energy plan until 2030, with a horizon until 2025, as well as in the energy strategy, where the horizons are the same. .
They recalled about the EC green deal and the possibility of absorbing 1,178 million euros for Bulgaria and that the best measures for the development of the sector should be identified in line with the EC objectives for a green future.
CITUB leader Dimitrov said he would not allow the 2.3 billion leva that will enter Bulgaria for the coal regions to flow in developed directions. He had heard of solar parks, a carbon plant, and many other minefield developments. His union insists that any such action be under the auspices of the state-owned company Maritza East Mines if carried out on state territory, and has launched the idea of miners participating in companies that will develop similar projects.
No miner should lose their job after 2025, unions insist, and their income should be current or better.
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