‘We call for a wage rise worth 18 percent. We have no debt to the state and we have reported profit with fewer employees,’ said Ion Radoi, president of the Underground Free Trade Unions (USLM).
Trade unionists have started the conflict of interests on November 1 when the 2009 labour contract expired. Employees requested an about 20-percent salary rise directly proportional to the rise in inflation and the devaluation of the leu currency, as well as the improvement of the work conditions.
Transport Minister Radu Berceanu asked trade unions to resume discussions in February 2010 as the budget on next year hasn’t been approved yet. The about 650,000 passengers of Bucharest who take the subway every day resorted to buses of the public transport company RATB, which provided 200 additional buses on 74 routes.
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