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Nokia’s Romanian Unit Employees Demand 50% Wage Hike

Members of the Nokia Romania Free Union demanded Friday a 50% wage raise and the granting of a loyalty bonus of 1% for each year of employment at Finnish mobile giant Nokia’s plant in Jucu, in the northwestern Romanian county of Cluj.
Nokia’s Romanian Unit Employees Demand 50% Wage Hike
17 oct. 2008, 15:56, English

Union leader Cristian Copil told MEDIAFAX negotiations with the plant’s management on the collective labor contract start Monday. He added he hopes negotiations end in time for wage hike to become effective as of November 1.

"We want raises of 50% for employees, a 10% loyalty bonus for the first year of employment and a 1% loyalty bonus for each year of employment after that,” Copil said.

Unionists also want a 10% bonus for hard labor.

The average gross salary in Nokia’s Romanian plant is 860 lei (EUR1=RON 3.7353).

The union was founded in September and is affiliated to the CNSLR Fratia national union confederation.

Nokia’s Romanian plant employs 1,600 people, half of which are union members.