Romania, paralyzed by one day of strikes
Over 800,000 employees of public administration, health and education will cease, months, so that children will not go to lessons, hospitals will not only urgent admissions and customs, pension funding counters or the local government will be closed.
Thus, the general directions will be closed Monday for public finance, tax administrations, the directions of tax collection, pension houses, unemployment, municipalities and customs. In some schools, kindergartens and nurseries will only provide supervision of children, but will not become lessons.
Of government will be paralyzed during the day Monday county councils, prefectures, retirement homes, welfare lines, environmental clearance, labor inspectorates, county agencies for employment, statistical directions, directions of culture, offices the accounting of, Departments, Consumer Protection DGs Treasury and Finance. "In total, there are over 800,000 debugetari of health, education, public administration and local government," said Razvan Bordeianu for NewsIn, President of the Federation of Trade Unions of local government in the SED LEX.
The President of the National Alliance of Budget SED LEX, Vasile Marica, strike Monday is the biggest general strike in the history of modern Romania. "The Board will participate in a general strike over 85,000 people, which are linked to SED LEX" said Marica for NewsIn.
Hospitals will not admissions for current cases and emergencies are likely to be provided by doctors who are not members of Sanitas, Sanitas as President, Marius Petcu.
"We have 100,000 signatures of members of Sanitas to participate in strike or to protest against wage law, or against problems in the system. Monday, at least Sanitas members will stop work. Emergencies may be provided by those who are not members of our federation, but they will enjoy the rights that we will get, "said Marius Petcu for NewsIn.
Approximately 120,000 employees in health will go on strike.
Policemen will work Monday, but with white bands on hand, announced President National Union of Police and contract staff, Paraschiv Toader.
"Do not work in any budgetary institution, which will only perform their service are professionals from the police and emergency services, which by law can not stop the work. They wear a white armband as a sign protest, "said the President of the Federation of Trade Unions NewsIn of Education (FSLI), Aurel Cornea.
Students will come Monday, the school will be monitored, as will happen in nurseries and boarding schools, where they will also provide a daily meal. However, teachers and students were announced as early as Friday, does not appear Monday at school.
Will be monitored in the same way and detainees in prisons and in hospitals will not accept new patients to treatment or investigation.
Unions that are part of the Budget Allies are over 800,000 members from around 1.4 million of the budget of Romania. They are FSLI Federation and Federation Alma Mater "Spiru Haret" education system, Sanitas Federation, National Federation of Unions of Local Administration, the Federation of Unions of Public Administration "Publisind" National Federation of Unions of Finance, National Federation of Trade Unions of Labor and Social Solidarity, National Federation of Statisticians, the Federation of Unions of National Administration of Prisons and the National Union of Police.
Trade unionists are unhappy with low income employees of the budgetary system with the entry into force of Law unit of pay, the sending of unpaid leave for 10 days for employees in the public domain in the period October to December 2009 and the dismissal of a large number of employees announced for 2010, says a press release by the Alliance budget.
Alliance Budget established a comprehensive calendar of protests, including actions counting is picketing seats announced PD-L and PSD, on September 30, a general strike on October 5 and rally on October 7.
The first protest action organized by the Alliance Budget was picketing the Parliament Palace, on the day of accountability by the government on unit wage law, Law Education and Law on the reorganization of public institutions.
Strike will be followed by months of street protests scheduled to take place Wednesday in the capital.
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