Nearly 100,000 Romanian State Employees Go On Warning Strike

 

The public servants affiliated to Sed Lex demand a 50% pay hike to match the salary increase granted to personnel in the educational system

Sed Lex president, Vasile Marica, said last week over 100,000 public servants affiliated to Sed Lex and to the Local Administration in Cluj county, northwestern Romania, will go on full-scale strike on October 9, blocking the activity in treasuries, pension houses and city halls.

Sebastian Oprescu, head of the National Union of Public Servants with Control Institutions, recently said they reached no result following talks with government officials on granting a 50% wage hike, and decided they would go on warning strike on Thursday between 8 a.m. and 10 a.m., and between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m., they would picket the Government building. 

The National Federation of Unions in the Administration (FNSA) recently sent a letter to Prime Minister Calin Tariceanu and to the presidents of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate asking wage hikes for all state employees.

The National Federation of Unions in sanitary units and spa resorts (TESA) threaten to start protests as of next month unless administrative staff receives a 60% wage hike as of Nov 1. 

The Romanian Chamber of Deputies unanimously approved last Tuesday Ordinance 15/2008 amended by the leftist opposition Social Democratic Party stipulating a 50% wage raise for staff in the education system.

The Chamber of Deputies has the final say on this normative act.

 

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