2011 ROMANIAN TRADE UNIONS New Start Point. A4-54169 Decent Work for Transport Workers Closing Conference Brussels 15-16 November 2011   2011 ROMANIAN TRADE UNIONS New Start Point.

SOCIAL DIALOGUE in Romania is regulated by two laws passed this year and have fundamentally changed the relationship unions - employers - government. 1) Social Dialogue Law. Law Nr.62/2011 2) Labour Code Law 253/2001 (amended 2011) The two laws were imposed by the Romanian Government without the unions, employers and a part of the parliamentary opposition. The two laws were designed to request the Foreign Investors Council (U.S.) in Romania. \

LAW SOCIAL DIALOGUE Nr.62/2011 provides that a union can be formed if it has at least 15 members Union representative in the business if a member owns 50% Unions may form federations union Federal union representative if they have 7% of the branch of activity under NACE code or group of units have 7% of the employees of establishments

Federal union workers may be national trade union confederations Federal union workers may be national trade union confederations. Trade Union Confederation representative if cumulated a membership of at least 5% of the number of employees in the national economy and their local structures in at least half plus one of the counties of Romania, including Bucharest;

At present, Romania is no representative trade union federation level since the government sector through Social Dialoguli law repealed all the old court obtained representativeness of trade union law. This approach was attempted removal of union leaders to the negotiating table and replace them by employers with employee representatives

under Law 62/2011 (Law on Social Dialogue) Employers' organizations are constituted by free association, by sector, territorial or national level, as follows: a) employers may associate to form an employers' organization; b) two or more employers 'organizations can be an employers' federation; c) two or more employers' federations can be a mue Confederation.

Employers' organizations established at national level must have the component of territorial structures in at least half plus one of the counties, including Bucharest.

Collective labor contracts can be negotiated at the unit level, groups of units and sectors. Collective bargaining is compulsory only in the business, unless the unit has more than 21 employees.

Collective Labor Contract at the unit: It concluded between employers and representative sindicaltul unit level (50% +1) In units where there is no representative trade unions negotiate collective labor contract is as follows: a) if there is a union established in the business, trade union affiliated to a federation representative in the sector which includes unit, negotiation is done by representatives federatieisindicale, at the request of and in the union office, together with the elected representatives of employees ;

Employee representatives were conferring regulated by the Labour Code and Law Social Dialogue. Employee representatives are forbidden to work in union by Law Social Dialogue

Tripartite structures established in the Social Dialogue Committee exists in each ministry and each government agency Economic and Social Council (ESC). (staff are part of the Social Dialogue Committee of the County Agency for Employment - Ilfov, the CNS Cartel Alfa) ESC is regulated by the Law Society Dialogue.

Bipartite level employers - unions, the end of September an agreement was signed between the National Employers' Confederation and a major part of trade union confederations in Romania. In the last negotiations held at the Ministry of Labour can inform you that will be 27 sectors which will be found between a transport sector including land transport, sea and air with a total of 222,404 employees.

Major trade union confederations in Romania have as an immediate priority amend the Labour Code, Law and Social Dialogue pension law. National Trade Union Technical TAROM agenda primarily to create a union representative at TAROM (50% +1)

National Trade Union Technical TAROM is with CNS Cartel Alfa and BNS in efforts made ​​to amend the Labour Code, Law Dialogue Social and Pensions Law. National Union of Technical TAROM also is amending the pension law priority for licensed technical personnel stipulated in Law 95/2008. SNTT is the link between transport unions affiliated to CNS Cartel Alfa and BNS making a first step for their merger.

European and international level National Union Technical TAROM was and is involved in the ETF and ITF activities. Thanks to the two international federations offered solidarity needed.