The government approved the draft of the state budget for 2023 which has to be endorsed by the National Assembly by the end of July. However, its basic parameters dashed the hopes of any pay raises, particularly in key sectors that are underfinanced...
In budget 2023, additional funds should be provided for salaries in the public sector, in order to compensate for inflation in the past two years plus a 10 percent rise for the current year, the Confederation of Independent Trade..
The Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (CITUB) expects, in the new budget for 2023, an increase in the pay of all those working in the budget sphere , which will compensate for the inflation in Bulgaria. According to the..
Under the motto "For the right to association and decent wages!" Bulgaria's largest trade union CITUB has blocked the key Orlov Most junction in central Sofia during today's protest. CITUB President Plamen Dimitrov said that they insist on t he..
May 1 has been marked in Bulgaria as Labour Day since 1945, and after the democratic changes in the country in 1989, trade unions have been playing an increasingly important role – raising awareness of workers’ rights and the most pressing problems..
The National Insurance Institute reported more work-related accidents in Bulgaria in the first quarter of the year. Incidents increased by 6.5% compared to the same period last year . Throughout 2022, 2,141 occupational accidents occurred at the..
The tripartite cooperation council failed to reach agreement on the draft budget for 2023. Caretaker cabinet proposes a 2023 state budget with a 6.4% deficit Both employers and trade unions expressed serious concern over the excessive..
The largest trade union in Bulgaria, CITUB, has called for a 10% wage rise in the budget sector from July 1, 2023 , in order to compensate for projected inflation. The president of the trade union, Plamen Dimitrov, commented that..
"The people are ready for a strike," Ognyan Atanasov - vice president of one of the two largest trade unions in the country, CITUB, has warned in an interview with BNR. He said that the trade union organization has called for a..
CITUB and "Podkrepa" trade unions insist on income growth to compensate for the estimated inflation for the year, but not lower than 15%, Plamen Dimitrov and Dimitar Manolov, leaders of the two unions, said at a joint press..
