Digitalization Minister Bohdan Ivan announced on Tuesday evening a compromise solution to end the general strike at the Romanian post office: a new collective labor agreement was signed, which provides for an average increase of 350 to 370 lei in two stages, from July 1 and September 1. This was announced by the Ministry of Digital Technology through a phone video posted on Facebook and soon withdrawn.

PSD Minister of Digitalization Bohdan Ivan said that the new collective agreement is a compromise solution that was reached after dozens of hours of negotiations.

• “To conclude this topic, we have clearly established the rights of each worker, and moreover, a salary increase that is close to what the union asked for, between 350 and 370 lei net in two installments from July 1 and September. 1.
• In addition, the first thing tomorrow morning this collective agreement will be registered in the ITM and the labor conflict will be considered closed and the company’s activities will be resumed,” said the Minister of Digitalization.

According to him, the commission of representatives of the Trade Union of Postal Workers and the management of the Post Office will establish an algorithm for raising wages for 21,500 employees.

Cholaku: If the pensions do not come on time, the postmaster will leave

Prime Minister Marcel Čolaku said on Tuesday that he had discussed with both PSD Digitalization Minister Bohdan Ivan and Post Director General Valentyn Štefan (PNL) the night before to resolve the issue. as soon as possible.

• “If, God forbid, the pensions don’t arrive as intended because of the strike at the Romanian post office, I think the director will leave,” Ciolacu said on Tuesday.

Two-day general strike at the post office: The union demanded a net salary increase and a loyalty bonus of 400 lei

Postal workers went on a general strike Monday in Bucharest and several counties, with their unions saying 18,000 of the more than 21,000 workers will be on the economy’s minimum wage and demanding a net increase of 400 lei in wages and bonuses. loyalty.

The postal workers’ union, which initiated the general strike, accuses the company of putting pressure on employees by sending workers from Bucharest to a logistics center in Cluj to replace those who quit.

On Monday evening, as a result of the negotiations at the Ministry of Digital Affairs, the management of the Post Office offered the postal workers with the minimum wage to raise their salaries in two installments: July 1 and September 1.

• “According to the proposal, cumulatively, after two payments, the Romanian postal worker will receive a net salary increase of 369 lei on average. Tomorrow morning, around 10:00 a.m., after consultation with all members of the SLPR, a decision on whether to continue or end the strike will be announced. Until then, the general strike continues!”, BNS reported.

On Monday, more than 7,000 postal workers from 32 districts of the country announced a general strike, and today the situation has not changed.