European Trade Union Confederation

This morning, The Confederation of Labour Podkrepa and The Confederation of Independent Trade Unions of Bulgaria from State Management and Organizations within the National Security Council are organizing a protest demonstration in front of the Council of Ministers. The event is set to commence at 9:30 a.m.

A stark economic reality confronts Bulgarians as the Institute for Social and Trade Union Studies at the CITUB reveals that a staggering 64% of the population, totaling over 1.6 million individuals, cannot meet their basic needs due to insufficient incomes. This disheartening revelation sheds light on the deepening financial challenges faced by a significant majority.

In an attempt to quell the ongoing protests by public transport workers in Sofia, Mayor Vasil Terziev has extended an offer of a 15% salary increase. However, this falls short of the demonstrators' demands, who are advocating for a more substantial 30% raise.

Tomorrow at 8:00 a.m., employees from Sofia's public transport will stage a protest in the "Druzhba" district, disrupting several bus lines, as announced by the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (CITUB). The demonstration, organized by the Federation of Transport Trade Unions, aims to press for a 30% wage increase across four municipal transport companies in Sofia.

Transport workers in Sofia are gearing up for a protest on Thursday, January 18, organized by the Federation of Transport Trade Unions of the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (CITUB). The rally aims to address various demands, primarily focusing on a 30% wage hike for public transport employees, improved working conditions, and measures to retain and recruit staff.

The Federation of Transport Unions (FTU) in alliance with the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (CITUB) is set to launch a series of protests across the country commencing Monday.

The Bulgarian government has unveiled its ambitious plan for the 2024 budget: a minimum 5% real wage growth, matching the projected inflation rate. This bold move was the central theme of a recent high-level meeting, which saw Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov and Finance Minister Asen Vassilev engage with trade unions to chart a course for the country's fiscal future.

The labor union Türk-İş has calculated that the poverty threshold of a family of four increased from 33,752 Turkish Liras in May to 33,789 ($1,298) liras in June.

The poverty threshold depicts the monthly amount of necessary and basic expenditure of a family of four, including food, housing, utilities, transport, education and health.

As the unions reported, a million people are expected on the streets in French cities.
Workers staged protest marches across France today, May 1, International Labor Day, unhappy that President Emmanuel Macron raised the retirement age and police fired tear gas in Paris and Nantes in the west of the country.

KNSB and Confederation of Labor "Podkrepa" will celebrate Labor Day and international workers' solidarity with a series of different events. Among them are a blockade of a key intersection, a procession and a concert in the capital. In this way, unions will send messages for higher incomes, safe and healthy working conditions, and a just energy transition.