[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"page:work\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2011\u002Fbulgaria-strike-disrupts-train-traffic-november-27-2011":3},{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"short_title":7,"intro_text":7,"meta_description":8,"seo_title":8,"path":9,"content_type":10,"locale":11,"go_live_at":7,"first_published_at":12,"page_created_at":13,"published_at":12,"edit_url":14,"breadcrumbs":15,"seo":28,"body_blocks":36,"call_to_action":42,"categories":49,"labels":50,"owner":7,"authors":51,"related_pages":52,"related_sites":53,"in_subsite":54,"contact_page_url":55,"banner_message":56},18392,"bulgaria-strike-disrupts-train-traffic-november-27-2011","Bulgaria -Strike disrupts train traffic -November 27, 2011",null,"","\u002Fwork\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2011\u002Fbulgaria-strike-disrupts-train-traffic-november-27-2011","pages.newspage","en","1969-12-30T23:00:00+00:00","2025-12-15T15:46:14.268265+00:00","\u002Fcms\u002Fpages\u002F18392\u002Fedit\u002F",[16,19,22,25,27],{"title":17,"slug":18},"World of Work","work",{"title":20,"slug":21},"Collective Bargaining Agreement","collective-bargaining-agreement",{"title":23,"slug":24},"Collective Bargaining Updates","updates",{"title":26,"slug":26},"2011",{"title":6,"slug":5},{"title":6,"description":8,"image":29,"canonical":30,"robots":31,"og_type":32,"twitter_card":33,"locale":11,"created_at":34,"last_modified_at":35},"https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002FSocial_media_preview_image_-_2025.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x630.png","https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fwork\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2011\u002Fbulgaria-strike-disrupts-train-traffic-november-27-2011\u002F","index, follow","website","summary_large_image","1969-12-31T00:00:00+01:00","2025-12-26T20:57:42.214754+01:00",[37],{"type":38,"data":39},"raw_html_block",{"content":40,"variant":41},"\n\u003Cp class=\"CM4\">From 24 November on,\r\nservices of the Bulgaria State Railways (BDZ) are disrupted by a strike, that\r\nwas already announced by the unions in September. High-level negotiations to\r\navert the strike failed. The\r\nBDZ management stuck to its plan to lay off 2,000 workers and stop some 150\r\ntrains from operating as part of austerity measures, and the government refused\r\nto sign a new collective agreement with the railway unions. By 27 November, there was no sign of a solution in\r\nsight. BDZ management said that a\r\ntotal of about 800 of the railways’ 27,000 employees were on strike, but had to\r\nadmit that on 26 November over 60% of the scheduled trains had been halted. The\r\nBTA news agency stated that on that day not a single passenger train left the\r\nmajor train stations, including that of Sofia. Petar Bunev, chairman of the\r\nTrade Union of Bulgarian Railway Workers, confirmed that all employees of the\r\nNational Rail Infrastructure Company and of BDZ at Sofia Central Railway\r\nStation were on strike (See\r\nalso this Collective Bargaining Newsletter Year 4 September 2011).\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp class=\"CM5\">English: \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.sofiaecho.com\u002F2011\u002F11\u002F26\u002F1213255_bulgarian-railway-strike-heads-into-fourth-day\">http:\u002F\u002Fwww.sofiaecho.com\u002F2011\u002F11\u002F26\u002F1213255_bulgarian-railway-strike-heads-into-fourth-day\u003C\u002Fa>;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp class=\"CM5\">\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.novinite.com\u002Fview_news.php?id=134293\">http:\u002F\u002Fwww.novinite.com\u002Fview_news.php?id=134293\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp class=\"CM5\"> \u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp class=\"discreet\">\u003Cem>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. 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>. or the communications officer of the ETUI, Mariya Nikolova \u003Ca href=\"mailto:mnikolova@etui.org\">mnikolova@etui.org\u003C\u002Fa>. You may \r\nfind further information on the ETUI at \u003Ca class=\"external-link\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.etui.org\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">www.etui.org\u003C\u002Fa>,\r\n and on the AIAS at \u003Ca class=\"external-link\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.uva-aias.net\u002F39\" target=\"_blank\">www.uva-aias.net\u003C\u002Fa>.\r\n © ETUI aisbl, Brussels 2011.\u003C\u002Fem>\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>"]