Over 20,000 Unionists To Rally In Bucharest On Sept 22

Over 20,000 unionists affiliated with Romanian union federation CNSLR-Fratia will take part in a rally in capital Bucharest Wednesday, September 22, in protest to public sector wage cuts and harsh austerity measures, union leader Marius Petcu said Monday.

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He added the federation decided to hold the rally on the same day as the rally planned by healthcare unionists and has called on the country's other large union confederations to join the protest. He added he has not received any response from the other unions so far.

Unionists push for a minimum wage of at least 750 lei (EUR1=RON4.2630), demand that wage levels return to those in 2009, that layoff plans be scrapped and the Labor Code be kept in its current form.

Romania has slashed public wages by 25% as of July 1, to meet the conditions of a EUR20 billion IMF-led bailout loan it needs to navigate the recession. The Government has also pledged to fire over 70,000 public workers this year alone.

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