[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"page:work\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2012\u002Fbulgaria-lead-workers-protest-in-sofia-april-23-2012":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},18823,"bulgaria-lead-workers-protest-in-sofia-april-23-2012","Bulgaria -Lead workers protest in Sofia -April 23, 2012",null,"","\u002Fwork\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2012\u002Fbulgaria-lead-workers-protest-in-sofia-april-23-2012","pages.newspage","en","1969-12-30T23:00:00+00:00","2025-12-15T15:47:41.850112+00:00","\u002Fcms\u002Fpages\u002F18823\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},"2012",{"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\u002F2012\u002Fbulgaria-lead-workers-protest-in-sofia-april-23-2012\u002F","index, follow","website","summary_large_image","1969-12-31T00:00:00+01:00","2025-12-26T21:27:50.970097+01:00",[37],{"type":38,"data":39},"raw_html_block",{"content":40,"variant":41},"\n\u003Cp>Workers of the Lead and Zinc Complex in Kardzhali, the leading Bulgarian non-ferrous metals producer, rallied once again Thursday 5 April with demands to receive their long-delayed salaries. Representatives of the Confederation of Independent Unions in Bulgaria, KNSB, at the plant announced they would protest until the money gets to the workers' bank accounts. On Wednesday 11 April, the lead workers moved their rally to the nation’s capital, Sofia. The workers have called for the nationalisation of the Kardzali complex and for legislative changes that would make employees the top creditor of companies in case of default. Negotiations between creditors and trade unions to rescue the heavily indebted company from insolvency started 23 April. The workforce agreed to abstain from new protest for one week. A Polish consortium is said to be ready to assume the payment of the delayed salaries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>English: \u003Ca class=\"external-link\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.novinite.com\u002Fview_news.php?id=138433\">http:\u002F\u002Fwww.novinite.com\u002Fview_news.php?id=138433 \u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cbr\u002F>\u003Ca class=\"external-link\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.novinite.com\u002Fview_news.php?id=138433\">http:\u002F\u002Fwww.novinite.com\u002Fview_news.php?id=138755\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp> \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.\u003C\u002Fem> For more information, please contact the\r\neditor Jan Cremers, Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS) \u003Ca href=\"mailto:cbn-aias@uva.nl\">cbn-aias@uva.nl\u003C\u002Fa> or the communications\r\nofficer at the ETUI, Mariya Nikolova \u003Ca href=\"mailto:mnikolova@etui.org\">mnikolova@etui.org\u003C\u002Fa>. All rights reserved. The ETUI is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp class=\"discreet\">\u003Cem> For previous issues of\r\nthe \u003C\u002Fem>\u003Cem>Collective bargaining newsletter,\r\nplease visit \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.etui.org\u002FE-Newsletters\u002FCollective-bargaining-newsletter\" target=\"_blank\">http:\u002F\u002Fwww.etui.org\u002FE-Newsletters\u002FCollective-bargaining-newsletter\u003C\u002Fa>. You may find further information on the ETUI at \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.etui.org\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">www.etui.org\u003C\u002Fa>, and on the AIAS at \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.uva-aias.net\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">www.uva-aias.net\u003C\u002Fa>. © ETUI aisbl, Brussels 2012. To unsubscribe,\r\nplease contact Mariya Nikolova.\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>"]