On 30 May 2007, as part of a conference entitled the ‘Challenges for industrial policies and sectoral social dialogue in the chemicals industry’, the social partners in the sector presented the first cooperation pact, which they had signed the month before on 19 April 2007. The pact is the first
The right to strike [1] is a fundamental trade union right and an indispensable element of a democratic society. Nevertheless, this right was not legally regulated in Bulgaria until 1990, when, due to pressure from the trade unions, the Law on Collective Labour Disputes Settlement was adopted. This
The European Directive on the information and consultation [1] of employees is due to be transposed into Bulgarian law. A group of experts, including the social partners and the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy, has been set up to monitor the process. Preparations began in February 2006 and the