Romania - Unions reject wage law proposal - June 30, 2026

Employees in healthcare, finance, and the justice system have protested against a new wage law presented by the interim labour minister and have organized several demonstrations on 3 June across the country. In a letter sent to the Ministry of Labour and the Ministry of Finance, finance sector trade unionists requested a 50% increase in the proposed salary coefficients for employees of the Ministry and its subordinate institutions, as well as the adoption of a professional statute for the same groups. Healthcare employees also gathered in Bucharest to voice their opposition to the new draft law. The organizers of the protest, the SANITAS trade union, argued that more than half of the healthcare workers will face diminished or capped incomes under it.

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