





Romanian trade unions call for minimum salary of 750 lei. Employers say first effect of a raise would be increasing unemployment in private sector
Trade union leader Dumitru Costin said that a substantial raise - to 860 lei - of the minimum salary was needed but that unionists understood such a raise was not possible. That is why they asked for a raise to 750 RON.
But employees disagree with such an idea. Cristian Pirvan, head of the Association of Business People, told EurActiv.ro/HotNews.ro that any shock for the private sector at the time being would have an immediate effect and that any unjustifiable raise of salaries would mean either an increase in prices or an increase of unemployment.
Labor minister Mihai Seitan said on Thursday that a single minimum salary would be applied to both state and private employees and would amount to somewhere between 600 and 700 RON.