September 1991 Mineriad

September 1991 Mineriad
Part of the mineriads
Date	September 25–28, 1991
Location	Bucharest
Caused by	low wages, high prices, job insecurity
Goals	Higher wages; Resignation of Prime Minister Petre Roman and President Ion Iliescu
Methods	Demonstrations Occupations Rioting Revolt Vandalism Picketing
Concessions	resignation of Prime Minister Petre Roman and his cabinet. wage increases
Number
10,000 miners from Jiu Valley
Casualties
Death(s)	4
Injuries	455

September 1991 Mineriad was a political action and physical confrontation between the miners of the Jiu Valley and the Romanian authorities, that led to the resignation of Prime Minister Petre Roman's government. Led by Miron Cozma, president of the Jiu Valley Coal Miners Union, the miners engaged in a series of actions beginning in the 1990s referred to as "mineriads" whereby large numbers of miners traveled to the Romanian capital of Bucharest and engaged in demonstrations and sometimes violent confrontations against counter-demonstrators and government authorities.