Cartel Alfa unionists demand urgent changes to the law regulating social dialog, the unfreezing of jobs in the public sector, the enforcement of the unitary wage law for state employees and the immediate abrogation of normative acts rescheduling until 2016 the payment of salary rights won in court.
They also demand the creation of jobs, the increase in the minimum wage to at least 850 lei (EUR187) in 2013 and a halt on the privatization of strategic state-run companies. Trade unionists said they want privatized companies to keep their activity and jobs.
According to Cartel Alfa unionists, protests will set off Tuesday in Buzau, Constanta, Covasna, Dambovita, Iasi, Neamt, Olt, Satu Mare, Suceava and Valcea. They said protest rallies will also be organized Wednesday in Alba, Bistrita-Nasaud, Botosani, Bihor, Dolj, Giurgiu, Harghita, Ialomita, Salaj and Sibiu. On Thursday, Cartel Alfa unionists will take to the streets in capital city Bucharest and in the counties of Arad, Arges, Bacau, Braila, Brasov, Calarasi, Cluj, Caras-Severin, Galati, Gorj, Hunedoara, Mehedinti, Maramures, Mures, Prahova, Teleorman, Tulcea, Timis, Vaslui and Vrancea.
The Romanian Government has recently said it is awaiting the go-ahead from the International Monetary Fund, the European Commission and the World Bank to amend the law regulating social dialog. (EUR1=RON4.5331)