Reports indicate that over 750,000 workers took part in the national public sector strike on 5 October in protest at government plans to cut pay and jobs. The government proposals are in response to a loan agreement with the International Monetary Fund and European Union. The government wanted to implement a new public sector pay structure without negotiating with the trade unions (See also Collective Bargaining News September 2009).
English: http://www.epsu.org/cob/324; http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/2009/09/articles/ro0909019i.htm