Ground Handling Companies To Go On Strike Friday
Ground handling companies on Otopeni international airport will go on strike on Friday, May 20, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., which will cause flight delays of up to two hours.
The planned protest comes in the context in which the ground handling company had to appear in court to earn this right. The Ilfov Court ruled in favour of employees and the Court of Appeals maintained this decision.
The leaders of the Free Trade Union of Aeronautic Handling said the decision to go on strike was made in accordance with the legal provisions and throughout the strike, all participants in the strike will protect the goods of the company. They also said that potential action aimed at constraining, hindering or influencing a participant in the strike shall be considered a crime and will be punished in consequence. (Puterea)
Education Employees Threaten To Stage Massive Protests On June 1
Trade unions in the education sector threatened to stage massive protests on June 1 (Children’s Day), as they are deeply disappointed with the way the government chose to deal with salary issues in the education sector.
Labor Minister Dragos Pislaru promised the education staff a 14% wage increase until autumn.
Education unionists call for a salary grid just like the one benefitting healthcare employees and threatened to go on strike and freeze the school year unless their demands are met. (Evenimentul Zilei)
Romania Loses Daimler’s EUR500M Investment Due To Poor Infrastructure
Romania lost an investment of half a billion euros of German group Daimler, which produces Mercedes cars, due to its poor infrastructure, said deputy Prime Minister Costin Borc.
Borc said the German automaker wanted the car parts it was planning to produce in a new engine factory to get to Bremen in 17 hours, which is impossible for Romania due to its poor road infrastructure.
In early May 2016, Daimler said it chose Poland over Romania for the construction of a new engine plant, a EUR500 million investment set to create 1,500 jobs.
Constantin Stroe, chairman of the Romanian association of automotive manufacturers ACAROM, said at the time that there were three important factors behind Daimler’s decision to choose Poland over Romania – the poor infrastructure, the lack of concrete arguments from the government and the indecision over vocational education in the last five years. (Adevarul)
Blaga Says He Heard Nothing About Hexi Pharma As Senate Chairman
Vasile Blaga, co-president of the National Liberal Party (PNL), said he got no information whatsoever from the Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI) about Romanian pharmaceutical company, while he was running the Senate.
Blaga pointed out that a Senate Chairman only gets information about the Senate, the institution he coordinates, because he has nothing to do this kind of problems.
Hexi Pharma company, involved in the recent scandal with diluted disinfectants used in Romanian hospitals, filed for insolvency on May 10. Following the scandal involving hospital disinfectants, Health Minister Patriciu Achims-Cadariu resigned. (Evenimentul Zilei)
Central Electoral Bureau Takes New Measures Against Vote Rigging
Romania’s Central Electoral Bureau (BEC) on Wednesday issued a decision regarding the measures to be taken in case a person is caught voting fraudulently.
If the application used to track and prevent multiple voting spots by the personal numerical number a person who already voted and wants to do it again, the respective person is warned by the head of the polling station against penal consequences. (Puterea)