At the beginning of 2005, the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (Конфедерация на независимите синдикати в България, CITUB [1]) and the Confederation of Labour Podkrepa (Страница на КТ Подкрепа, CL Podkrepa [2]) drew up a memorandum on the economic and social development of
Since 18 May 2007, medical workers at the General Hospital for Active Treatment and Emergency Medicine N.I. Pirogov (Pirogov [1]) have been staging daily protests in demand of higher wages and better working conditions. Trade unions and doctors’ and nurses’ organisations have been involved in
Despite having ratified the revised European Social Charter [1] in 2000, Bulgaria continues to fail to grant basic rights to civil servants, in particular the right to strike and the right to collective bargaining. Therefore, on 5 April 2007, the Coordinating Council of the Confederation of
On 3 October 2006, the Chair of the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (CITUB [1]), Jeliazko Hristov, and Co-chairs of the Confederation of Employers and Industrialists in Bulgaria (CEIBG [2]), Sacha Bezuhanova and Ivo Prokopiev, signed a framework agreement on improved
On 14 July 2006, the social partners at Bulgarian Telecommunications Company (BTC [1]) concluded an agreement for the first time. The agreement was signed on the employer’s side by Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of BTC, Dennis Wallach, and on the trade union side by the Trade Union Federation of
Up to 2006, there were two sources of financing for state-owned and municipal hospitals – the state budget and the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF). However, in 2005, there was a shortage of available funding for healthcare and the hospitals thus accumulated major debts, amounting to BGN 121
In March both largest trade union centres in Bulgaria CITUB and LC Podkrepa decided to withdraw their participation in the National Council for Tripartite Cooperation. They are against formal and ineffectively work of the Council.
In October-November 2004, Bulgaria's two main trade union confederations, CITUB and CL Podkrepa , organised protest actions and strikes throughout the country, culminating in a national protest rally on 10 November and a national one-hour warning strike on 18 November. The unions claim that there is
The automotive sector in Bulgaria consists almost exclusively of the production of parts, components and accessories. This article examines the situation, in 2003, with regard to the structure of the sector, trade unions, employers' organisations and collective bargaining.