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09:55, 07.03.2024

National Trade Union Bloc is picketing Romexpo, where the EPP Congress is unfolding

National Trade Union Bloc is picketing Romexpo, where the EPP Congress is unfolding

Trade unionists members of the National Trade Union Bloc (BNS) on Thursday are picketing the Romexpo Exhibition Complex, where the PPE Congress is unfolding, in order to draw the attention of European political…




12:46, 26.02.2024

Romanian Union of Postal Workers protesting before Digitisation Ministry

Romanian Union of Postal Workers protesting before Digitisation Ministry

The Romanian Union of Postal Workers (SLPR), affiliated to the National Trade Union Bloc (BNS), is organising, starting Monday, protest actions in front of the Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digitalisation.…




13:45, 22.02.2024

BNS trade union chairman requests DNA to investigate managerial activity of Romanian Post

BNS trade union chairman requests DNA to investigate managerial activity of Romanian Post

The chairman of the National Trade Union Bloc (BNS), Dumitru Costin, requested on Thursday both the political decision-makers and the National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA) to investigate the managerial activity…




12:06, 20.12.2023

Agriculture agency employees to have equal pay as of January 2024

Agriculture agency employees to have equal pay as of January 2024The salaries for the employees of the Agency for Payments and Intervention in Agriculture (APIA) will be equalised starting January 2024, the National…




15:00, 15.11.2023

Pension law penalizes those who are active and creates false expectations (BNS)

Pension law penalizes those who are active and creates false expectations (BNS)The draft law on the public pension system penalizes those who are still active and creates false expectations, the only real beneficiaries…




11:26, 04.10.2023

BNS women ask for initiation of ratification process of convention on harassment at work, by year end

The women's organization of the National Trade Union Bloc wants to initiate, by the end of this year, the process of ratifying the Convention of the International Labour Organization, which refers to violence and…




12:35, 28.08.2023

Finance employees resume protests in several cities

Finance employees resume protests in several citiesFinance employees resumed protests in several cities across the country on Monday, as negotiations with Finance Minister Marcel Bolos have failed. According to…




11:50, 25.08.2023

Occupational standards' elimination deadline to be prorogated by 31 December 2024 (unions)

The deadline for eliminating occupational standards will be extended until 31 December 2024, given that almost 700 occupational standards were to be abolished from 1 September 2023, the National Trade Union Bloc…




08:20, 23.05.2023

MAY 23 IN HISTORY

1871 - Birth of Garabet Ibraileanu, literary critic and historian, posthumously awarded honorary membership of the Romanian Academy (d. March 12, 1936) CITESTE SI Earthquake of 4.6 on the Richter scale in Arad…




20:30, 22.05.2023

At FAC meeting in Brussels, Foreign Minister Aurescu emphasizes need for Russia's international isolation

Foreign Affairs Minister Bogdan Aurescu, attending on Monday the Foreign Affairs Council meeting in Brussels, emphasized the need for Russia's international isolation to continue, and voiced support for the fast…




18:56, 04.04.2023

Women employees in Romania lose 468 EUR every year on average due to salary inequality

Women employees in Romania lose 468 EUR every year, on average, due to the salary inequality between men and women, the National Trade Union Block (BNS) says.In a release issued on Tuesday for AGERPRES, the BNS…




11:56, 13.02.2023

Romania, Moldova sign trade union collaboration agreement

Romania's Antic Alliance of Information Technology and Communications Trade Unions affiliated with the National Trade Union Bloc (BNS) and Moldova's Federation of Communications Trade Unions have signed a collaboration…




15:01, 21.11.2022

Indefinite protest in all Public Ambulance Services, as of Tuesday

A large-scale rally will be organized on Tuesday, in Bucharest, by the National Trade Union Bloc (BNS) and the Ambulance National Trade Union Federation of Romania (FNSAR), which represents all Public Ambulance…




15:26, 19.05.2022

Approx. one million Romanians work in Germany either having a permanent or seasonal job

About 870,000 to 880,000 Romania workers who have a permanent job and around 180,000 to 190,000 seasonal workers are in Germany, Labour and Social Solidarity Minister Marius Budai told a press conference organized…




18:10, 22.03.2022

Trade Union Bloc organizes convoy of humanitarian aids for Ukrainian railroad workers

A convoy of humanitarian aids organized by the National Trade Union Bloc (NBS) together with the National Rail Freight Wagon Movement Federation, left Romania for Ukraine on Tuesday, according to a press release…




18:05, 20.09.2021

BNS's Costin: Increase in minimum salary by 8pct is insignificant compared to energy prices increase

The head of government's proposal to increase the minimum gross salary by 8% would have an insignificant impact on the net income of an employee paid with the minimum wage, compared to the increase in the energy…




18:35, 29.04.2021

Cancellation of job description for micro-enterprises turns employees into slaves

The amendment by the Government of the labour legislation by eliminating the obligation of micro-enterprises to draw up in writing the job description for employees changes the status of millions of citizens from…




16:05, 04.03.2021

Dumitru Costin (BNS): PM Citu transforms entire union movement into a bunch of thieves

The Prime Minister Florin Citu transformed the union movement in Romania into a bunch of thieves, the moment he was asked if it is alright for those dues paid by the union members to be automatically taken from…




15:35, 04.03.2021

Dragu: Dialogue between unions, employers, authorities must not be just image exercise; it is key element

The tripartite dialogue between trade unions, employers and state authorities should not be formal, just "an image exercise", but a "key element" for solving problems in society, the Senate's President Anca Dragu…




12:45, 04.03.2021

PNL's Orban/BNS congress: This year we mustn't exceed 7pct deficit, have extremely moderated spending

The leader of the PNL (National Liberal Party), Ludovic Orban, on Thursday said, at the Congress of the National Trade Union Bloc (BNS), that Romania will have to stay within a budget deficit of 7pct this year,…




12:45, 04.03.2021

PSD's Ciolacu: PSD to join BNS in fighting this regime that imposes austerity

PSD (Social Democratic Party) will join the National Trade Union Bloc (BNS) in fighting "this regime that wants to impose austerity by force," leader of the Social Democrats Marcel Ciolacu stated on Thursday, while…




18:46, 05.02.2021

BNS concerned plans to change Kurzarbeit law turn employees into puppets at employers' whim

The proposals of the Minister of Labor and Social Protection regarding the change of the law on flexible work turn the employees into puppets at the permanent disposal of the employers, argue the representatives…




12:35, 20.01.2021

JusMin Stelian Ion meets representatives of trade unions, to discuss problems facing employees in judiciary, penitentiaries

The problems facing employees in the judiciary and the penitentiary system were discussed by the Minister of Justice, Stelian Ion, with representatives of several trade unions. According to a press release of the…




18:30, 30.12.2020

SEED project: 21 business plans for social enterprises won 100,000 euros in financing each

A number of 21 business plans for social enterprises have won funding of 100,000 euros each, under the Social Economy Entrepreneurship Development (SEED) project, according to a press release sent on Wednesday…




14:30, 30.09.2020

Romania, only EU state with unemployment benefit smaller than 50 pct of minimum wage

The increase in the unemployment allowance is justified and necessary because it would contribute to a real integration of the unemployed in the labour market, Romania being the only state in the European Union…




11:22, 13.08.2019

BNS: Real budget revision most likely in November, current one just window dressing

The real budget revision will be probably carried out in November, considering the evolution of certain spending categories, the National Trade Union Bloc (BNS) said in a statement; the union organization cautions…




14:34, 23.05.2018

BNS' Costin demands that Romania's President probe endowment of national defence system

I request that the President of Romania convene the Supreme Council of Country's Defense to make the decision to initiate an investigation into how the multiannual programs on the endowment of the national defense…




16:08, 12.12.2017

Hundreds of BNS representatives protest on Tuesday in front of Gov't seat against transfer of social contributions

Hundreds of unionists, members of the National Trade Union Bloc (BNS), on Tuesday protest in front of the Government building, against the decision to transfer social contributions from employer to employee.  The…




10:25, 16.11.2017

Costin (BNS): Romania stops being social state from 1 January 2018

Romania will cease being a social state starting with 1 January 2018, following the transfer of social contributions from employer to employee, leader of the National Trade Union Bloc (BNS) Dumitru Costin stated…




14:35, 15.11.2017

Trade unions to challenge with Ombudsman transfer of payment of social security contributions to employees

Romanian trade union confederations on Wednesday will challenge with Ombudsman the piece of legislation passed by the Government regarding the transfer of payment of social contributions from employers to employees,…