The subway workers’ union said in a press release Monday subway trains will not run between 4 and 6 a.m. on September 17.
“Our problems are largely the same as those of most Romanian citizens, namely the cost of living, since for the past five years we have been unable to have our wages indexed for inflation in the collective work contract.
The Transport Ministry, which is the majority shareholder in Metrorex, announced on September 5 it disapproves of strike plans and called on the company management to come up with solutions for the workers’ demands.
Unionists of the subway company and the Bucharest public transport company RATB plan to hold a rally and a march in the city on September 18.
RATB would join the general strike of September 30, freezing all public transport in the Romanian capital until 4 p.m., said subway union leader Ion Radoi.
The RATB union leader, Vasile Petrariu, said the company has nearly 350 vehicles in need of repairs and criticized Bucharest authorities’ decision to cut 20% of the public transport company’s executive and management positions.