Romania Cannot Raise Public Sector Wages – Fin Min

Romania’s Finance Minister Sebastian Vladescu held back any comment on the decision of public administration employees to cease work for two hours Tuesday morning disgruntled by wage cuts and planned layoffs, but highlighted the Government cannot raise salaries this year.

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"My message for those who protest over furlough is that the issue will be solved Friday. On the other hand, I want to tell those who want bigger salaries there are no means for that. We cannot raise salaries," Vladescu said Tuesday.

Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc said last week the Government will approve during a meeting this Friday a measure to extend furlough in 2010.

About 45,000 Romanian public administration employees were on a two-hour warning strike Tuesday over wage cuts and planned layoffs in the public sector. Protests are expected to continue with an indefinite full-blow strike planned to start on February 12 if the Government turns a blind eye on the public administration unionists' requests to increase small salaries and give up layoff plans.

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