Protesting subway workers occupied tracks in a station in Bucharest blocking trains from running and disrupting public transport in the capital. Members of the subway trade union staged the protest over a conflict with management of subway company Metrorex which said it would shut down underground kiosks that were a fire hazard. 80% of the lucrative kiosks and other commercial spaces are owned by the subway trade union USLM.
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