The Committee of Social Rights of the Council of Europe has condemned the Bulgarian government for not respecting the right to strike for civil servants and other groups of public service workers such as in electricity and health care. The verdict came after the ETUC and the Bulgarian confederations CITUB and Podkrepa brought a case before the Committee in 2005.
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Bulgarian government condemned over strike restrictions
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