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Romanian Railway Workers Won’t Halt Trains Monday But Might Go On Solidarity Strike

Employees of Romania’s state-owned railway company won’t go on strike Monday, as they initially announced, because the Government’s austerity plan doesn’t mention wage cuts for them, but they might decide to go on strike out of solidarity with other public sector workers.

Over 400,000 Education, Public Administration Employees Go On Strike Indefinitely On Monday

Over 400,000 Romanian employees in the education and the public administration sectors will go on full-blown strike indefinitely starting Monday over the Government’s austerity plan, and several other public sector unions announced they will join protests.

Romanian Unionists Announce Strike For May 31, Public Demonstrations As Of June 1

Romanian union federations have decided to go on strike indefinitely as of May 31, as well as hold rallies on June 1-4 and form a human chain around the Palace of Parliament, in protest to the Government’s austerity plan.

Romanian Penitentiary Unionists To Strike Over Austerity Measures Starting May 31

The Romanian National Penitentiary Workers’ Union (SNLP) and the National Penitentiary Administration Union Federation (FSANP) announced Wednesday that employees in the sector will go on strike starting May 31 to protest wage, pension and social benefit cuts.

Dissatisfied Romanian Education Unionists To Boycott Graduation Exam

Romania’s education unionists decided Tuesday, after talks with Education Minister Daniel Funeriu, to go ahead with the May 31 strike, which will coincide with the written foreign language high school graduation exam, and called for an emergency meeting with Prime Minister Emil Boc.

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

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.

Bucharest Public Transport Unionists To Announce Decision Regarding Strike Thursday – Union Leader

Bucharest public transport authority RATB unionists will take a decision regarding the strike Thursday, after the Government establishes the austerity plan, union leader Vasile Petrariu said Monday.

Romanian Public Administration Unionists Mull Pushback Of May 31 Strike – Union Leader

Romania’s public administration unionists might not join the May 31 strike, as they might cease work but on the day the no-confidence motion is debated or the day the Government seeks a confidence vote in Parliament, “Sed Lex” union alliance leader Vasile Marica said Monday

Romanian Airline Tarom Unionists To Strike On May 31

Employees of Romanian state-owned airline Tarom threatened to join the full-blown public sector strike on May 31 out of solidarity, but will maintain one third of the company’s operations active, Tarom union secretary general Aurel Curdov told MEDIAFAX Friday.

Bucharest Public Transport Unionists To Strike On May 31

Bucharest public transport authority RATB unionists will go on strike on May 31, in solidarity with other public servants, and threaten to halt activity indefinitely if the Government chooses to lower their salaries.

Romanian Transporters To Go On Strike On May 31

Romanian transportation unionists will go on full-blown strike on May 31 and cancel all local and national shuttle services for the day, representatives of the Romanian federation of transport operators, or FORT, said Friday.

Romanian Railway Unionists Threaten To Halt All Trains Starting May 31

Employees of Romania’s state-owned railway transport company CFR will halt all trains as of May 31 and this action may be joined by employees of subway company Metrorex and of local public transport authorities.

Romanian Unions Rallying In Bucharest Threaten To Go On Full Strike As Of May 31

Romanian unionist threaten to go on full-blown strike as of May 31 and to gather again in Victoriei Square in downtown Bucharest, at the Government’s headquarters, unless the government gets their message and resigns.

Romanian Public Administration Workers On Full-Blown Strike As Of May 31

Romanian public administration workers will go on full-blown strike as of May 31, blocking activity in city halls and county councils across the country, in protest to the Government’s plan to cut public sector wages by 25% and sack 70,000 state employees this year.

Romanian Public Sector Unionists Start Protests Over Cost Cutting Measures Thursday

Romanian unionists will stage a four-day protest starting Thursday and 1,000 people will picked the Government’s headquarters and the Presidential Palace, disgruntled with the anti-crisis measures announced by the country’s authorities.

Romanian Education Minister Invites Unions To Talks, Urges Teachers Not To Freeze School Year

Romanian education Minister Daniel Funeriu said Wednesday he is inviting unions in the education system to talks as of Thursday and called on teachers not to go on full-blown strike and freeze the school year, as they have planned.

Romanian Teachers Go On Full-Blown Strike As Of May 31

Romanian teachers will go on full-blown strike indefinitely as of May 31, will not take part in national tests and will attend a rally of public sector workers on May 19, union leader Aurel Cornea said Wednesday.

Romanian Public Servants Call Off Plans To Strike Wednesday

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

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

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.

Romanian Unionists Set To Protest In May When Lawmakers Hold Vote On Pension Bill

Romanian unionists affiliated to union federation Cartel Alfa will protest outside the Parliament building for two consecutive days in the first half of May, the exact days when the Chamber of Deputies holds a vote on the country’s new unitary pension law.

Romanian Public Sector Workers Can’t Strike Their Way Into Wage Raises – PM

Romania’s public sector workers who believe staging strikes will get them wage raises and bonuses are wrong, Prime Minister Emil Boc said Thursday, adding raises may only be granted for efficiency and productivity and only when the economy is healthy.

Most Romanian Teachers On Full-Blown Strike Across The Country Thursday

Most teachers in Romania are on a one-day full-blown strike Thursday over reduced pay and planned layoffs in the education sector.

Romanian Public Servants To Resume Protests As Talks With Govt Failed

Romanian public administration unionists said Wednesday, after talks with the Labor Ministry, that they have received no solution to the system’s problems and will go ahead with the scheduled protest action.

Romanian Education Unionists Go Ahead With Strike On April 22

Romanian teachers affiliated with the FSLI, “Spiru Haret” and FEN trade union federations have decided to go ahead with the all-out strike announced for April 22, dissatisfied with the results of the meeting with Education Minister Daniel Funeriu.

Romanian Education Unionists To Stage One-Day Strike On April 22 Over Education Bill

Romanian education unions met Wednesday to resume talks on the problems the education sector is currently facing, and decided to stage a one-day strike on April 22 over planned layoffs in the sector, cuts in staff spending and the draft education law.

Romanian Public Administration Unionists To Stage Full-Blown Strike On May 5

The Romanian National Federation of Public Administration Unions (FNSA) will picket the Government headquarters on April 30 and stage a full-blown strike on May 5 over wage cuts, union leader Valer Suciu told a news conference Wednesday.

Bucharest Public Transport Drivers Give Up Strike, Resume Work Thursday Evening

Bucharest general mayor Sorin Oprescu said public transport workers who staged a spontaneous strike Thursday decided to give up protests and resume work Thursday evening.

Bucharest Public Transport Drivers Want Wages Of RON3,000

Public transport workers in Romania’s capital Bucharest, who staged a spontaneous strike Thursday, demand wages of around 3,000 lei (EUR1=RON4.1094) for all public transport drivers.

Romanian Subway Unionists Call Off Strike

Employees of Romania’s state-owned subway company Metrorex called off a full-blown strike planned for Thursday after the Government approved the company’s 2010 budget and included certain wage bonuses in base salaries, the Transport Ministry said in a press release Wednesday.

Romanian Subway Union Decides Wednesday Whether To Hold Planned Strike

Union leaders with Romania’s state-owned subway company Metrorex will decide Wednesday whether or not to go on strike Thursday, as they had planned, union leader Ioan Radoi told MEDIAFAX Tuesday.

Romanian Govt To OK Subway Co’s 2010 Budget, Strike Could Be Avoided – Transport Min

Romania's Government will approve Wednesday the 2010 budget of state-owned subway company Metrorex and some of the employees’ wage bonuses will be included in their basic salary, Transport Minister Radu Berceanu said Tuesday.

Romanian Subway Unionists To Stage Full-Blown Strike On March 18

Unionists with Romania’s state-owned subway company Metrorex will go on full-blown strike Thursday, March 18, after a court ruled their previous two-day strike in November 2009 had been legal, union leader Ioan Radoi said Tuesday.

Final Court Ruling Finds Romanian Subway Strike Last Year Was Legal

The Bucharest Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday a two-day subway strike in November last year was legal and subway unionists may resume their protests anytime.

Romanian Public Sector Workers Threaten Full-Blown Strike For May Over Layoffs, Wage Cuts

Nearly half a million Romanian public sector workers threaten to go on a full-blown strike in May because of planned layoffs and wage cuts, a union leader told a news conference Wednesday.

Romanian Public Administration Unions Suspend Strike As Labor Ministry Gives In To Demands

The Romanian National Federation of Public Administration Unions (FNSA) announced Monday it would suspend the general strike planned for Friday, as well as Tuesday pickets, after the Labor Ministry said all of the terms provided by collective labor contracts would be respected.

Romanian Subway Unionists Threaten To Resume Strikes Over Collective Work Contract, Wages

Unionists with Romanian state-owned subway company Metrorex have threatened to call work conflict within a week unless management starts negotiations for a new collective work contract and raises wages by 3.7%.

Romanian Public Administration Unionists Plan Full-Blown Strike As Of Feb 12

Romanian public administration employees will start protest actions as of February 2 and go on full-blown strike as of February 12, disgruntled with the government’s plan to slash jobs in the public sector, freeze wages and eliminate bonuses.

Bucharest Court Decides Subway Strike Is Illegitimate

The Bucharest Court decided Wednesday that the general strike organized by subway employees is not legal and the protest is to be ceased.

Romanian Subway Unionists Reject Court Panel, Strike Legitimacy Trial Suspended

Romanian subway unionists Wednesday rejected the Bucharest Court panel trying the legitimacy of their general strike after their exceptions were overruled and the trial has been suspended until the court decides whether to assign a new panel.