Romanian Transports Minister Says Railway Worker Protests Wednesday Were “Justified”

Berceanu suggested railway workers should “look out the window and see there’s a crisis going on”. The minister said railway companies earn half of last year’s revenue, but expenses are at the same level.

Romanian Transports Ministry state secretary Constantin Axinia said Wednesday that national railway company CFR employees will receive their late salaries by Monday, while those who stop trains will be held responsible and may even be sacked.

“Stopping trains is a violation of traffic safety. Through such actions we are losing the few passengers we have left. These spontaneous protests will have serious consequences; workers who stop trains may have their salaries cut or have their labor contracts annulled,” Axinia said.

Several trains were stopped on Tuesday evening and Wednesday afternoon in stations in the counties of Craiova, Alba, Harghita and Sibiu, owing to a strike by traffic controllers.
 

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