Bulgaria - Union warns for protest over higher wages - January 31, 2026

The president of the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (CITUB) warned that failing to adopt a new state budget for 2026 would almost certainly trigger nationwide protests and strikes. Rising living costs are not matched by wage growth, and unions are preparing demonstrations if income adjustments tied to inflation are not applied. The absence of a new budget deprives workers of predictable wage progress and risks serious industrial conflict.

Read on: in English… Read on: in English (2)…

For more information, please contact Paul de Beer or Oana Ciuca, De Burcht (Scientific Bureau for the Dutch Trade Union Movement) p.t.debeer@uva.nl or the Head of communications at the ETUI, Mehmet Koksal mkoksal@etui.org. For previous full issues of the Collective bargaining newsletter please visit https://www.etui.org/Newsletters/Collective-bargaining-newsletter or consult the archive with all articles in our database at www.cbnarchive.eu. You may find further information on the ETUI at www.etui.org.