In the current crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the major problems that Bulgaria's major trade unions, CITUB and Podkrepa, recognize are unemployment and preserving people's incomes against the backdrop of rising prices of basic commodities,..
It was on May 1 st , 1886 that 300,000 American workers in Chicago took to the streets on a strike, demanding an 8-hour working day. Since then, May 1 has become a symbol of solidarity among workers that is celebrated in many countries around..
“Bulgaria has solid financial buffers and mechanisms and I am moderately optimistic about our exiting the crisis,” Plamen Dimitrov, leader of the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (CITUB) said for the Bulgarian National Radio...
The CITUB (Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria) calls on Bulgarian parliament to adjust its decision of April 6, 2020, reading that MPs, cabinet ministers and heads of state and executive agencies should donate their salaries for the..
The Confederation of Employers and Industrialists in Bulgaria /KRIB/ has requested amendments to the State of Emergency Act in the section related to state support for businesses . Employers offer three options for amendments to the current text of the..
To date, over 63 medium and large enterprises employing over 37,000 people have been affected by the crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the state of emergency declared in Bulgaria. This is data from a study conducted by the Confederation of..
The Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (CITUB) marks today its 30 th anniversary. Bulgaria’s President Rumen Radev, this country’s Premier Boyko Borissov, cabinet ministers and MPs are expected to attend the event. In the beginning..
The salaries of 70% of the Bulgarians are lower than the average wages in this country-EUR 615 a month. Most people receive salaries ranging between EUR 358 and 409, despite the last income increase (8%-12%) negotiated in 2018, the President of the..
According to data of the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria, in the first quarter of 2019 the cost of living of a four-member Bulgarian family amounted to EUR 1,249 or EUR 312 per capita, which is EUR 16 more as compared to the same..
The Institute of Social and Syndical Studies at the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions announced that according to its latest data about the consumer prices, the cost of living between March 2008 and March 2018 has gone up by over 30%. The price..
