The workers rallied outside the Ministry of Energy on Thursday after leaving the previous morning on a march from the southern city of Fier, where the refinery is located, to urge officials to intervene.
They are seeking the payment of two months’ worth of as-yet-unpaid wages, plus a 13 further months of wages that they say have gone unpaid for several years.
They are also asking for the troubled refinery’s operations, which have been suspended for some time, to be restarted.
Energy minister Damian Gjiknuri agreed to meet a delegation of six of the protesters.
One of the workers, Lavdosh Lazaj, told BIRN that they will not leave Tirana until their problems are resolved.
“The ministry has a duty to help us. We don’t have anywhere to go if we don’t get our unpaid wages,” he said.
The workers marched on foot for most of the 100-kilometre route from Fier and arrived in Tirana in the early hours of Thursday.
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