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Romanian Transport Min Says Rail Employees Warning Strike Is Immoral

The planned strike of railroad employees is immoral and affects passengers, Romania’s transport minister Ludovic Orban said Tuesday, adding he might appeal in court a potential general strike.
Romanian Transport Min Says Rail Employees Warning Strike Is Immoral
04 mart. 2008, 16:33, English
"This warning strike is their Constitution-given and labor law right, but I find this protest immoral and unfair to passengers and freight transport companies, who represent a source for the salaries of railroad employees," Orban told a news conference.
 
The minister added any wage increase must have an economic base and the demanded 18% increase “translates” into a raise of at least 32% and the railroad’s 2008 budget  cannot handle that.
 
Over 50,000 railroad employees cease work Wednesday morning for two hours, hating trains in the nearest station at 8 a.m., union leader Gheorghe Popa said.