Strike of state workers averted as agreement reached

The public sector strike planned for 1 June was called off following negotiations with the government which finally produced an agreement to fund pay increases for 2006 and 2007. Public sector workers will get an average €101 a month increase. This was agreed several months ago but implementation was delayed when the finance minister refused to endorse funding for the increases. Part of the latest agreement involves a shift away from the traditional two and four year negotiations. Currently pay increases are negotiated very two years and other conditions every four years. From 2008 a three

The Council of Ministers in Bulgaria has agreed to allocate BGN 180 million (€92 million) for a salary increase benefiting 53,000 state administration employees. This increase, averaging BGN 283 (€145) retroactively from 1 January, aims to address disparities in salaries within the public sector. A decree approved by the Council of Ministers outlines the allocation of a total of BGN 268 million (€137 million) in the budget for this purpose. The KNSB and Podkrepa federations actively participated in negotiations over the past three months to develop the methodology and distribution of these

State sector trade unions have negotiated a two-year agreement which delivers a 2.0% pay increase this year on 1 June for 78000 workers. The agreement runs from 1 March 2022 to 29 February 2024. Negotiations on a pay increase for 2023 will take place late this year with a deadline of 21 December. If that deadline is missed then it will be possible to terminate the agreement. The unions have also managed to get long-sought changes to the rules that apply to the payment of supplementary and overtime pay when the working period or working week is unexpectedly interrupted due to illness or other