Romania: union leader quits after failed mobilization against severity plan

Take on responsibility. The leader of the BNS (National Union Bloc), Dumitru Costin, handed in his resignation last week, following unions’ failure to prevent the introduction of severity measures. He had been leader the union for nearly 20 years. In spite of several demonstrations and a general strike, the trade unions failed to influence the government’s policy, and the 25% pay cut in civil servants and 15% pension cut were maintained.
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In spite of several demonstrations and a general strike, the trade unions failed to influence the government’s policy, and the 25% pay cut in civil servants and 15% pension cut were maintained.

Dumitru Costin, who used to lead the NBS, one of the five key union confederations in Romania with nearly 400,000 members, decided to quit. “It’s natural, someone has to take responsibility for this failure” he declared. His resignation was also probably motivated by the start of a national anti-corrupti

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