public servants

Romanian Govt Approves Bill Eliminating Govt Inspectors

09:54, 10 Feb. 2011
Romania’s Government approved a bill Wednesday evening eliminating the position of government inspector and people filling such positions are to be transferred into a reserve body.

Romanian Govt Allows Parliament Employees To Fill Private Sector Positions

17:32, 13 Dec. 2010
Employees of Romania's Parliament with special status will be allowed to work in the private sector, including in autonomous bodies and commercial companies, according to an amendment approved by the Government Monday.

Romania To Eliminate Govt Inspectors From High Public Servants Category – Bill

10:30, 03 Dec. 2010
The position of government inspector will be eliminated from the category of high public servants and people filling such positions will be transferred to a reserve body from where they could occupy executive positions, according to propositions to change the statute of Romanian public servants.

Romanian Public Sector Restructuring To Continue Into Next Year – President

17:11, 11 Nov. 2010
Romanian President Traian Basescu said Thursday that 26,000 public servants must be laid off by the end of the year and that the restructuring of the public sector will continue next year, through a qualitative approach.

Romanian Public Servants Threaten Strike Unless Bonuses Included In Wages

12:02, 11 Nov. 2010
Romanian public servants threaten to go on full-blown strike unless their bonuses are not included in salaries, said union leader Sebastian Oprescu ahead of a meeting with Finance Minister Gheorghe Ialomitianu Thursday.

Romania Must Sack 26,000 Public Servants To Enable 15% Salary Raise – Official

19:58, 09 Nov. 2010
The Romanian public sector must lay off 26,000 employees between September and December, to bring the sector down to 1.29 million employees and allow salaries to be raised by 15%, after the 25% slash implemented in July, Finance Ministry state secretary Gheorghe Gherghina said Tuesday.

About 1,000 Public Servants, Local Mayors Protest In E Romania Over Budget Cuts

12:22, 15 Sept. 2010
About one thousand public servants and local mayors in the eastern Romanian county of Vrancea protested Wednesday at the prefect’s office in county seat Focsani, demanding the annulment of a government decree that took over 34 million lei (EUR1=RON4.2478) off the county’s budget.

Romanian Public Servants To Go On General Strike Indefinitely As Of Sept 27

12:31, 14 Sept. 2010
Romanian public servants will go on general strike indefinitely starting Monday, September 27, said Sebastian Oprescu, head of the National Union of Public Servants (SNFP), adding public servants are starving and are heavily indebted.

Romanian President Promulgates Amended Law On Statute Of Public Servants

16:10, 06 Iul. 2010
Romanian President Traian Basescu signed Tuesday the decree promulgating the amended Law on the Statute of public servants, after the Constitutional Court ruled in April that several of its articles were unconstitutional.

Romania’s Public Servants To Go On Strike On May 31

16:16, 25 Mai 2010
Romania’s public servants will go on strike on May 31, to protest against the 25% wage cut for administration servants and the Government’s failure to adopt certain laws regulating public institutions, which would help fight tax evasion, the union said in a press release Tuesday.

About 35% Of Romanian Public Servants With Low Wages To Lose Jobs – Union Leader

21:36, 06 Mai 2010
Romanian National Union Confederation "Cartel Alfa" leader Bogdan Hossu told MEDIAFAX Thursday that about 35% of the public sector employees that have low salaries will lose their jobs if the money allotted to public sector salaries is reduced by 25%.

Romanian Senators Set Retirement Age At 55 For Defense, Security Sectors Employees

14:05, 05 Mai 2010
Romanian senators adopted Wednesday, during debates on the country’s pension reform, an amendment that proposes the retirement age for both men and women working in the defense, public order and national security sectors be set at 55.

Romanian Public Servants Call Off Plans To Strike Wednesday

12:37, 04 Mai 2010
Romanian public servants have agreed to suspend plans for a full-blown strike until May 21 following talks with government officials, who promised Tuesday to look into cases where people had their wages lowered under the country’s new wage law for the public sector.

Romanian Public Servants Might Discard Full-Blown Strike If Govt Meets Their Demands

12:23, 29 Apr. 2010
Nearly 200 Romanian public servants are protesting Thursday outside the Government building and said they are willing to discard the full-blown strike planned for May 5 only if the government manages to find a way to solve their problems.

Romanian Public Servants To Picket Govt Thursday, Stage Full-Blown Strike On May 5

15:08, 28 Apr. 2010
About 500 Romanian public servants will picket the Government’s headquarters on Thursday and will stage a full-blown strike indefinitely starting May 5, over smaller salaries triggered by the new unitary wage law and planned layoffs in the sector.

Romania’s Govt To Hire Extra Staff Mainly In Sectors Managing EU Funds

20:38, 07 Apr. 2010
Romanian Government decided in its meeting Wednesday meeting to hire extra public servants mainly in sectors involved in attracting and managing European funds, Government spokeswoman Ioana Muntean said.

Romanian Social Democrat Lawmakers Challenged Law On Public Servants’ Statute

15:13, 04 Mart. 2010
Romanian social democrat senator Dan Sova said Thursday that social democrats in the Chamber of Deputies notified Wednesday the Constitutional Court that the law on the Statute of Public Servants the Chamber has recently adopted is unconstitutional.

Romanian President Wants Urgent Layoff Of 20% Of Public Servants

15:17, 30 Iul. 2009
Romanian President Traian Basescu on Thursday said on public radio RRA the Government should hurry and lay off many public servants working for the state apparatus, suggesting that 20% of them are “useless”.

Romanian Public Servants’ Statute Unconstitutional – Court

12:06, 06 Mai 2009
Romania’s Constitutional Court ruled unanimously Wednesday that the law amending the statute of public servants is unconstitutional.

At Least 3,000 Romanian Public Servants Might Rally Saturday

14:24, 06 Mart. 2009
Romanian public servants might start protests Saturday, "Sed Lex" union leader Vasile Marica said Friday, adding that public servants will go on general strike unless their demands are heard.

Romanian Public Servants Go On Warning Strike

10:41, 02 Mart. 2009
Members of the Romanian National Public Servants’ Union (SNFP) will go Monday on a two-hour warning strike, demanding payment of overtime and bonuses, a wage plan in accordance with the public servants’ Statute and asking for negotiations on the collective labor contract.

Romanian Public Servants Threaten To Go On Gen Strike As Of Feb 27

15:08, 02 Feb. 2009
Members of Romania’s National Union of Public Servants threaten to go on general strike as of Feb 27 and demand wage increase of 50%, the protection of public servants in control institutions and public office stability.

Romanian Public Servants Threaten Protests, Ask For 50% Wage Hikes

13:53, 27 Ian. 2009
The National Union of Public Servants (SNFP) threatens to organize protests in the second half of February at the Government’s headquarters and to trigger a labor conflict, asking for wage hikes reaching 50%, the protection of those in control institutions and stability in public office.

Romanian Public Servants Mull Protests Against Govt Decision To Cut Staff By 20%

15:04, 23 Ian. 2009
Romanian public servants threaten to protest to the government’s decision to scrap 20% of jobs in the central public administration, which they consider is an irresponsible government decision that will weaken state authority and affects public interest.

Romanian Police, Public Servants Press For Higher Wages, Increased Staff

13:56, 22 Nov. 2008
More than 200 unionists in law enforcement and public servants sectors staged an hour and a half protest in Bucharest’s Constitution Square on Saturday, pressing for higher salaries and increased personnel.

Romanian Public Servants Picketed Govt HQ

17:08, 09 Oct. 2008
Members of Romania’s National Union of Public Servants (SNFP) picketed the Government for two hours on Thursday, demanding a 50% wage hike and legal protection for control institutions’ employees.

Nearly 100,000 Romanian State Employees Go On Warning Strike

10:30, 09 Oct. 2008
Nearly 100,000 public servants affiliated to the Romanian Federation of Public Servants’ Unions Sed Lex went on a two-hour warning strike Thursday morning, and threaten general strike on October 16.

Romanian Public Servants Set For Full-Scale Strike Oct 9

12:00, 03 Oct. 2008
Romanian public servants will go on full-scale strike as of October 9, demanding a 50% salary hike, union officials said Friday.

Romanian Public Servants Threaten Full-Scale Protests Over Salary Hike

16:42, 02 Oct. 2008
Romanian public servants threatened to go on full-scale strike next week unless they receive a 50% pay hike to match the salary increase granted to personnel in the educational system, union officials said Thursday.

Romanian Public Servants Urge 50% Wage Hike, Threaten Protests

17:31, 30 Sept. 2008
Romanian public servants affiliated to the Sed Lex union threatened to start protests and even go on strike unless the government increases their salaries by 50% starting January 1, 2009, union leader Vasile Marica said Tuesday.

Romanian Public Servants Go On Warning Strike

10:04, 28 Feb. 2008
Some 40,000 public servants affiliated to the de National Federation of Unions in the Administration (FNSA) are on a two-hour warning strike Thursday, demanding a 30% wage increase, the removal of incompatibilities for publics servants and the promotion of a salary law for state employees.

Some 42,000 Romanian Public Servants On Go-Slow Strike

09:55, 25 Feb. 2008
Some 42,000 Romanian public servants affiliated to the de National Federation of Unions in the Administration (FNSA) started Monday morning a two-hour go-slow strike, protesting against the government’s wage propositions.

Over 65,000 Romanian Public Servants On Go-Slow Strike

11:12, 18 Feb. 2008
Over 65,000 public servants affiliated to the Sed Lex union went on go-slow strike for two hours Monday, demanding the immediate drafting of the government decision regarding the promotion of public servants, a unitary salary law and the negotiation of salary grids, union leader Vasile Marica said.