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Romanian Public Administration Unionists Plan Warning Strike Tuesday, Full-Blown Strike As Of Feb 12

12:58, 01 Feb. 2010
About 45,000 Romanian public administration employees will go on a two-hour warning strike on February 2, and protests will continue with an indefinite full-blown strike planned to start on February 12, if the Government does not raise small salaries and put an end to job cuts in the public sector.

Romanian Construction Workers Number Seen Further Dn In ’10

14:24, 19 Ian. 2010
The number of employees in the constructions sector fell by 70,000 last year, at 350,000 employees, and is further seen decreasing in 2010, according to the Romanian Constructions Entrepreneurs Association ARACO.

Over 75% Of Cos In Romania Lowered Training Budgets By 30-40% In 2009

12:43, 28 Dec. 2009
Over three quarters of companies operating in Romania lowered their training budgets by 30%-40% in 2009 because of the crisis and focused on in-house and online training, which led to a decrease of nearly 50% on the local training market, to EUR17.5 million, human resources experts said.

Romanian Romaero Cleared To Lay Off 200 Staff In ‘10

18:42, 23 Dec. 2009
Romanian state-run aircraft maintenance services provider Romaero (RORX.RO) may lay off up to 200 employees in 2010, provided the move doesn’t endanger its defense production capabilities or its obligations to the Ministry of Defense, according to the company’s restructuring program.

Romanian BRD Has No Layoff Plans – GM

14:43, 14 Dec. 2009
Patrick Gelin, head of the Romanian lender BRD Societe-Generale (BRD.RO), on Monday said the bank would not lay off employees on the backdrop of the current economic conditions.

Romania’s Freight Railroad Co CFR Marfa To Sack Over 6,000 Staff Without Severance Pay

13:54, 11 Dec. 2009
Over 6,000 employees of the freight division of the Romanian state-owned railroad company CFR Marfa will be laid off as of March 1, 2010 and will not receive wages as severance pay, according to the restructuring program sent to railroad unions.

Romanian Subway Unionists Obey Court Decision, Halt Protests

19:52, 18 Nov. 2009
Romanian subway union leader Ioan Radoi said Wednesday that Metrorex employees will abide by court decision and resume normal subway traffic Thursday.

Romanian Subway Employees Go On Gen Strike Indefinitely Tuesday Over Wages

12:04, 16 Nov. 2009
Romanian subway company Metrorex employees will go on a general strike as of Tuesday, November 17, protesting rejected wage raise claims, and the subway will be closed for eleven hours, between 5 a.m. and 4 p.m., but will function normally from 4 p.m. to 11 p.m..

Bucharest Blood Transfusion Center Staff Protested Friday Over 30% Wage Cut

12:16, 13 Nov. 2009
The employees with the Bucharest Blood Transfusion Center protested Friday morning for nearly two hours, saying that the scrapping of salary bonuses for prevention, risk and difficult work conditions lowered their salaries by 30%.

Bucharest Subway Employees Hold Spontaneous Protest, Demand Labor Contract Negotiations

15:16, 06 Nov. 2009
Over 100 employees of Bucharest subway company Metrorex gathered Friday within the Piata Unirii 1 subway station, to protest against the delayed approval of the company’s budget and, implicitly, delayed negotiations of their collective labor contract.

Romanian Cos Cut Benefits, Employees Accept Anything Just To Get Jobs – Survey

12:50, 19 Oct. 2009
Companies in Romania have cut down on the number of employees and reduced benefits because of the economic crisis, and employees have lowered their claims and accept roughly anything just to get a job, according to the results of a survey by Mednet Marketing Research Center released Monday.

Romania’s Transport Min Has Money To Pay Railway Employees’ Wages For 2009

13:12, 06 Oct. 2009
Romania’s Transport Ministry has the money it needs to pay the railway employees' wages for 2009, deputy secretary of state within the Transport Ministry Constantin Axinia said Tuesday.

Over 750,000 Romanian Public Sector Employees Go On General Strike Monday

09:48, 05 Oct. 2009
Unionists in Romanian education, healthcare, public administration, law enforcement and public finance will be on general strike on Monday.

SE Romania Airport Staff On Go-Slow Strike Over Labor Contract Breach

12:27, 23 Sept. 2009
Nearly 200 employees with international airport Mihail Kogalniceanu in Constanta, southeastern Romania, went on a go-slow strike Wednesday morning, for an indefinite period, displeased that the company’s management failed to observe the collective labor contract.

Half Of Romanian Managers Use Software Applications To Monitor Employees

13:05, 10 Sept. 2009
Nearly half of Romanian managers (45.7%) use software applications to monitor their employees’ activity, most of them using two or more such devices, while 35.5% do not use monitoring software applications, according to a poll made by IT services company GeCAD Net.

Romania Securities, Insurance, Pvt Pension Regulators, Ctrl Bk Not Targeted By Unitary Pay Law

11:11, 07 Sept. 2009
The Romanian government decided the unitary law regulating wages across the public sector would not be applied to the employees of the central bank, the securities watchdog, the insurance regulator and the private pension watchdog.

Public Sector Employees To Take Days Off Without Pay Btw October-December ’09

10:10, 07 Sept. 2009
The Romanian Government postponed the enforcement of the measure to cut wage spending by 15.5% by making public sector employees take days off without pay in the interval October-December 2009, a month later than initially decided.

Romanian Railroad Unions Propose 18-Measure Recovery Plan

16:19, 01 Sept. 2009
Romanian railroad unions approached national railroad company CFR with a set of 18 measures for the financial mending of the railroad system and expect a reply sometime next week.

Romanian Public Sector Has Highest Number Of Employees In Europe – Union Leader

17:53, 26 Aug. 2009
Head of Romania’s Trade Union Bloc, Dumitru Costin, said Wednesday that 6% of the country’s population is active in the public sector, which places Romania first among European states from this perspective.

Romanian CFR To Lay Off Some 11,000 Employees

15:15, 26 Aug. 2009
About 11,000 employees of the National Railroad Company (CFR) are to be fired, according to data presented Wednesday to the unionists by the representatives of the Transports Ministry.

Romanian Govt Plans To Lay Off Over 2,000 Employees In Energy Field In ’09

16:53, 24 Aug. 2009
The Romanian Government decided to lay off over 2,000 employees in the energy companies under the subordination of the Economy Ministry in 2009, who will further receive severance pays.

Romanian Ombudsman: Imposing Ten-Day Unpaid Vacation Mandatory Only If Set By Law

19:31, 18 Aug. 2009
Romania’s Ombudsman, Ioan Muraru, on Tuesday said that imposing ten-day unpaid vacation for all state employees will be mandatory from the legal viewpoint only if it is set by a law adopted by the Parliament or by Government Ordinance, in accordance with the Constitution.

Romania PM: Public Sector Layoffs Depend On Performance Evaluations, Family Situation

14:04, 14 Aug. 2009
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc on Friday said layoffs in the public sector would be made based on performance evaluations, adding the family situation of certain employees will also be considered to avoid sacking the members of the same family.

Two Animal Waste Collectors Dead, One Badly Intoxicated In Labor Accident In NW Romania

11:35, 30 Iul. 2009
Two employees of animal waste collector SC Protan Dej, northwestern Romania, died Wednesday night and one is severely intoxicated with ammonia vapors used to process animal waste.

Some 100 Dalli Exim Employees Picket Bucharest City Hall

10:40, 21 Iul. 2009
Some 100 former employees of Bucharest parking lot management firm Dalli Exim gathered Tuesday in front of Bucharest City Hall, surrounding the institution and walking around it, in lack of picketing authorization, as they announced the day before, when they received layoff notices.

Romanian CFR Marfa Employees Threaten Protest, Demand Due Pay

14:45, 26 Iun. 2009
Employees of CFR Marfa, the cargo division within the Romanian National Railroad Company, threatened street actions “come Friday” because they did not receive their salaries in May, but management got paid nonetheless.

Romanian Correctional Sys Workers To Start Protests On Jun 30

11:05, 26 Iun. 2009
Employees in Romania’s prison system start protests on June 30 and will picket the Justice Ministry and call strikes over low financing of the system and degrading and humiliating working conditions.

Romania’s SNLO Sends Over 9,000 Employees On Tech Unemployment For One Mo

11:15, 15 Iun. 2009
Romania’s state-owned brown coal mining company – Societatea Nationala a Lignitului Oltenia, or SNLO, sent on technical unemployment over 9,000 employees between June 15 and July 15, on large existent coal stocks.

Romanian Lignite Mining Co May Suspend Prod For 30-Day

11:57, 26 Mai 2009
Romania’s state-owned lignite mining company SNLO may suspend production for a 30-day period as of June 15, on falling demand for coal, the company said Tuesday.

S Romania Customs Employees Under Arrest On Bribery Charges

10:59, 20 Mai 2009
Eight employees of Romania’s roads and highways company, who work as cashiers in Giurgiu customhouse, southern Romania, were placed under 24-hour arrest on bribery charges.

Romanian ArcelorMittal Galati Employees Go On Technical Unemployment Monday

15:06, 10 Mai 2009
All 11,700 employees of Romanian steel mill ArcelorMittal Galati will take turns to go on technical unemployment, starting Monday and lasting until the end of July, and will be paid 85% of their salary, according to mill director Augustine Kochuparampil.

Romanian Iproeb Puts 275 Employees On Technical Unemployment

19:37, 01 Apr. 2009
Romanian cable producer Iproeb Bistrita (IPRU.RO) will sent 275 out of its 653 employees on technical unemployment as of April, due to lower orders, the company's Board decided Wednesday.

520 Employees In Romania’s ArcelorMittal Hunedoara File Requests To Leave Co

16:31, 31 Mart. 2009
Over 520 employees in Romanian steel plant ArcelorMittal Hunedoara enlisted themselves between December 16, 2008 and March 31,2009 on the lists of persons willing to voluntarily leave the company.

Romanian Public Sector Unionists Threaten Ample Protest In Bucharest

13:15, 24 Mart. 2009
Romanian public sector employees affiliated to the "Cartel Alfa" union federation threaten to stage an ample protest in capital city Bucharest when the government approves an emergency decree lowering bonuses in the public sector, which unionist consider cuts into employees’ base wages.

Romanian Public Employees Get To Keep Salary Bonuses – Unionists

16:45, 23 Mart. 2009
Romanian unionists in the public sector and officials of the Labor Ministry on Monday agreed to maintain large part of the salary bonuses for employees, trade union representatives said.

Cos In E Romanian County Vaslui To Lay Off 1,100 Employees In Mar, Apr

18:06, 17 Mart. 2009
Over 1,000 employees in Romanian Vaslui county will be collectively laid off in the near future because of restructuring in the activities of companies, due to the economic crisis, representatives of the Vaslui County Employment Agency announced Tuesday.

Approx 8,000 Workers With Romanian SNLO Put On Extended Easter Leave

15:57, 17 Mart. 2009
Approximately 8,000 of the total 9,000 employees with Romania's state-owned brown coal mining company SNLO will be sent on holiday between April 21 and 30, after the Easter holidays, on lower coal demand, trade union leader Viorel Temelescu said Tuesday.

Some 60,000 Romanian Textile Industry Employees Might Lose Their Jobs – Employers

15:00, 10 Mart. 2009
Twenty percent of the employees of the Romanian textile industry, some 60,000 people, could be fired this year, due to a lack of demand, Maria Grapini, the president of the textiles employers' association, said Tuesday in a press conference.

Romania’s Kronospan Sebes Puts 100 Employees On Technical Unemployment

12:59, 11 Feb. 2009
Romania’s wood panel producer Kronospan Sebes temporarily ceased Wednesday its MDF (medium-density fibreboard) production line, sending on technical unemployment around 100 out of its total 500 employees, the company announced Wednesday.

ArcelorMittal Unionists Protests In E Romania, In Ten European Countries, Brussels

14:52, 10 Feb. 2009
Nearly thirty employees of the steel mill ArcelorMittal in Galati, eastern Romania, are protesting Tuesday since noon at the entrance of the steel mill, while protests are organized simultaneously in other ten European countries where the group is present, and in Brussels.