Union railroad workers organized a protest rally at the end of May, and on June 26 they will hold another one, which will begin at 10:00 a.m. near the Ministry of Transport. Complaints relate, in particular, to how the Statute of Railway Workers will be applied from July 1, as well as the salary increase, which is considered insufficient, he writes. Railway Club.

There is no money for spare parts

In a press release issued on Friday morning, the Federation of Railway Transport Workers’ Unions of Romania, led by Rodrigo Maxim, protests against the lack of revenue and expenditure budgets in CFR Călători and CFR SA in mid-2023. Another dissatisfaction is related to the withholding of 10% of the compensation/subsidy budget and the fact that CFR Călători is operating with a smaller budget in 2023 than in 2022.

FSTFR criticizes the allocation of insufficient funds for the purchase of new spare parts, for the replacement of defective or missing parts of CFR Călători locomotives and wagons, the continued deterioration of travel conditions due to the lack of funds for the repair of rolling stock and the investment fund, the allocation of insufficient funds for recruitment to vacant positions in the performance of functions and working many overtime hours.

The trade unions are outraged by the maintenance of drivers of the I locomotive in wage grades below the maximum, although there has been a partial change of generations and the drivers of the I locomotive with a higher grade have retired.

Law with problems

Ceferists are also outraged by the delay in implementing Law No. 1. 195/2020 regarding the status of railway employees for CFR Călători employees. “Even if the discussed option is implemented. but not discussed, for the application of Law no. 195/2020 regarding the Statute on the Railway Staff, from July 1, 2023, in this version, the salary for locomotive drivers, locomotive inspectors, traction shift supervisors, and trainee engineers will be maintained, as it is now,” the message says. .

For all these reasons, trade union activists, represented by Rodrigo Maxim, are taking to the streets on Monday for a protest rally from 10:00 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. near the park in front of the Ministry of Transport and the entrance to the parking lot in front of the street. ministry.

Also, the mentioned trade union federation distributed name plates in the territory, signing which employees will inform the workplace manager (depot manager, SELC/PL) that from July 1, if the application of Law 195/2020 they remain on the same salary as now, and it is not even guaranteed that the wages of locomotive car mechanics I, shift supervisors, locomotive inspectors from SNTFC CFR Călători SA will be at the same level as their colleagues from SNTFM CFR Marfă, they no longer agree to overtime. The signatories will perform only the monthly rate of work, referring to the legal basis of Art. 121 of the Labor Code and Art. 42 Clause 8 of the Collective Labor Agreement at the unit level for 2022-2023.

And the National Railway Federation, headed by Grigore Mare, expressed its displeasure after a meeting with the Secretary of State responsible for the coordination of the railway sector, Ionuc Cristian Savoiu, and the CEOs of CNCF CFR SA and SNTFC CFR Călători SA.

And more complaints, in addition to the many already present

Thus, starting from July 1, 2023, the provisions of Art. 18 of Law No. 195/2020 on minimum rating coefficients, which will lead to the “smoothing” of the salary scale, when several categories of employees end up with basic salaries at the same level.

Starting from December 2023, after collective bargaining at the level of CFR Călători, the salary scale will be returned with the implementation of the difference between salary classes. The same will be done in the CNCF CFR SA, but this promise can only be realized after the correction of the national budget, which provides the necessary resources.

“The National Railway Federation Mişcare Comercial Vagoane does not share the decision put forward by the management of the two railway companies regarding the equalization of the basic salary of the employees, an aspect that will increase the already existing dissatisfaction, and requests the application of the rating coefficients while maintaining the difference between the salaries from 01.07.2023”, – was sent by the executive office of the FNFMCSV.