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Trade unions on protest, demand renegotiation of carbon emissions for Bulgaria

The two largest trade unions in Bulgaria, KNSB and Podkrepa, are protesting in front of the parliament in defence of the country's energy security.   They are dissatisfied with the commitment in the National Recovery and Resilience Plan to cut carbon..

12.01.23 12:45 |

Bulgaria’s Social Minister proposes that the minimum wage be set at EUR 398 as of January 1

Bulgaria’s Ministry of Labor and Social Policy, employers and trade unions did not agree on the minimum monthly salary. This became clear at a briefing after today's meeting of the National Council for Tripartite Cooperation.  Bulgaria’s caretaker..

22.12.22 18:26 |

27% of Bulgarians have difficulties paying their utility bills

27% of Bulgarians have difficulties paying their utility bills or report being behind their utility bills, a survey of Eurofound named “The cost-of-living crisis and energy poverty in the EU” show, Bulgaria’s biggest trade union, the Confederation of..

16.11.22 11:52 |
Dimitar Manolov

Trade unions: The extending of the 2022 budget into 2023 is a bad decision

The decision to extend the state budget for 2022 also into 2023 is bad because a number of activities remain underfunded. This was stated by the president of Podkrepa Trade Union, Dimitar Manolov, at the opening of the International Trade Union..

01.11.22 14:30 |

Concerns about the budget due to political uncertainty in Bulgaria

Bulgaria's caretaker Prime Minister Galab Donev met today with the leaders of the nationally representative trade union and employer organizations . The main topics of the discussions were the funds under the European programmes and the Recovery and..

24.10.22 19:16 |
Plamen Dimitrov, president of the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions of Bulgaria, Sofia, September 19, 2022.

Trade union protests for higher wages

One of the largest trade unions in the country - the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions of Bulgaria, held a protest under the slogan "Let's protect incomes from inflation and jobs from the crisis".  Activists blocked the traffic on the..

19.09.22 17:57 |

Bulgarian cabinet plans to raise the poverty line to 257 euros

The poverty line in this country will be raised to BGN 504 (EUR 257) next year, as the current level is 211 euros, a draft government decree discussed today at a meeting of the National Council for Tripartite Cooperation reads...

16.09.22 14:31 |

Bulgaria's largest trade union calls for revision of EU"s Green Deal regarding coal

The largest Bulgarian trade union CITUB (Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria) has requested an extraordinary meeting of the Consultative Council for the European Green Deal , because of the Road Map to climate neutrality. The union is..

11.07.22 14:11 |
Protesters in front of the Sofia City Library building

Librarians organize protest

Library staff organized a one-hour warning strike today over the failure of the government to live up to an agreement on minimum basic starting salaries. Representatives of the trade union organizations stated that libraries are forced to..

20.05.22 16:53 |

Protests in Bulgaria put on hold

Economic instability, the result of the war in Ukraine, and the growing energy prices have been producing a sense of turbulence and a fear of the future among entrepreneurs in Bulgaria, but also among the public. Right from the start of these..

17.05.22 12:31 |
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