35,000 postal workers end strike in Romania after reaching pay settlement
Some 35,000 striking postal workers agreed to return to work Tuesday after reaching an agreement with management for a 4 percent wage rise. Postal workers began what was to be a 10-day strike on Monday to demand a 16 percent wage rise, which managers and Prime Minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu said the post office could not afford. Under the agreement, 9,200 postal employees will earn the minimum wage of 3.3 million lei (USD117, euro90) starting May 1, Carstea said. Others will get wage hikes depending on how long they have worked for the company or meal tickets that can be used to buy food.
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