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Bulqiza miners

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📍 Albania

Bulqiza miners

Gender: Male

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Bulqiza chromium miners begin hunger strikes for wages and safety

📅 25 June 2007

Miners at the Bulqiza chromium mine began hunger strikes after weeks of labor action over pay, safety, contracts and housing. Thirty workers took turns fasting underground; some were hospitalized. The...

Bulqiza mine strike follows another fatal workplace accident

📅 13 August 2007

More than 600 miners stopped work after union leader Zamir Hysa died in a mine accident. They demanded safer conditions, proper contracts and a 50 percent pay rise; the action followed other deadly...