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The agreement was reached between the Bulgarian\r\nAssociation of the Knitwear Industry, the Federation of Independent Trade\r\nUnions in Light Industry at CITUB and the Federation of Light Industry at\r\nBulgaria’s second largest union CL Podkrepa. It preserved a pact on wages and\r\njobs. The parties agreed that the minimum wage for knitwear workers should be\r\nnot less than 110% of the national minimum wage during normal working hours.\r\nAlso, additional paid leave for\r\nthose working under hazardous health conditions and compensation for work\r\ncarried out during irregular hours have been agreed. It has to be noted that\r\nthe agreement is mainly followed in larger companies, although the government\r\nhas formally extended it to small and medium-sized businesses. Most\r\nrecently, representatives of the Bulgarian textile industry have stated that they have been overwhelmed with\r\norders and had to turn down some of them due to lack of capacity. In July and\r\nAugust 2010, orders in the sector increased by 18 to 22%. The vice-president of\r\nthe employers’ association, Bertram Rollmann, said, “The\r\nproblem is the lack of employees we lost during the crisis. We could employ up\r\nto 30,000 people in the next year.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp class=\"CM5\">English: \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.eurofound.europa.eu\u002Feiro\u002F2010\u002F06\u002Farticles\u002Fbg1006019i.htm\">http:\u002F\u002Fwww.eurofound.europa.eu\u002Feiro\u002F2010\u002F06\u002Farticles\u002Fbg1006019i.htm\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp class=\"CM5\">\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.novinite.com\u002Fview_news.php?id=120226\">http:\u002F\u002Fwww.novinite.com\u002Fview_news.php?id=120226\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp class=\"CM5\"> \u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp class=\"discreet\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cem>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"teaserText\">This\r\narticle was published in the Collective Bargaining Newsletter. It aims\r\nto facilitate information exchange between trade unions and to support\r\nthe work of ETUC's collective bargaining committee. \u003C\u002Fspan>For more \r\ninformation, please contact the editor Maarten van Klaveren, Amsterdam \r\nInstitute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS) \u003Ca href=\"mailto:M.vanKlaveren@uva.nl\">M.vanKlaveren@uva.nl\u003C\u002Fa>. You may \r\nfind further information on the ETUI at\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwebmail.uva.nl\u002Fexchweb\u002Fbin\u002Fredir.asp?URL=http:\u002F\u002Fwww.etui.org\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">www.etui.org\u003C\u002Fa>,\r\n and on the AIAS at \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwebmail.uva.nl\u002Fexchweb\u002Fbin\u002Fredir.asp?URL=http:\u002F\u002Fwww.uva-aias.net\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">www.uva-aias.net\u003C\u002Fa>.\r\n © ETUI aisbl, Brussels 2009.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cbr\u002F>\u003C\u002Fp>\n","light",{"text":43,"link":44},"Contact us",{"title":43,"url":45,"description":43,"rel":46,"type":47,"id":48},"\u002Fabout\u002Fcontact","follow","internal",24590,[],[],[],[],[],false,"\u002Fwork\u002Fliving-wages\u002Fcontact-us","\u003Cp>Welcome to WageIndicator. Same organisation, same information, new look!\u003C\u002Fp>"]