Bulgaria: demonstration of Lukoil Nephtohim Bourgas SA’s workers

Workers of the largest refinery of the Balkan peninsula demonstrated on June 18 to ask for the benefits of the enforcement of the "regulation for reduced working time" which governs activities performed in conditions which are dangerous for their health. They blamed the Labour Minister for not respecting his commitment to seriously study the question of integrating oil activities in this regulation's field of application. (Ref. 070597)
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Following this mobilization, the national working conditions’ council (which coordinated and ensures the enforcement of risk prevention policies) met on June 21 specifically to examine workers’ claims. In preparation for the analysis of working conditions at Lukoil Nephtohim Bourgas SA, carried out by the general labour management as well as social security systems early retirement options, Council members observed that working conditions in the factory equal those planned by the Regulation for

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