Romania Dacia Renault Employees Continue Strike, Several Unions Rally At Noon

Some 9,000 people were protesting one hour before the rally, to be joined by National Union Bloc affiliated unions in public administration, energy, communication, farming and car-making sectors.
Dacia employees went on general strike Monday morning after failed negotiations over salary hikes.

Employees demanded a raise of RON550, but the management only offered a 12% raise applied to the minimum gross salary, and a 18.5% raise for employees with minim wages.

The management said that all the employee’s demands would result in a raise of over 70%, which is unacceptable considering that Dacia still has to recover losses of EUR61 million.

Negotiations continued Tuesday and Wednesday, but to no avail.

The company management challenged the legitimacy of the strike in court, but a ruling is expected in April.

The carmaker employs 13,000 people.