Trade union demands Easter bonus from Nokia

The Cartel Alfa Cluj trade union is demanding that Finnish mobile phone giant Nokia give its workers an Easter bonus, which in Romania traditionally takes the form of a lamb or a pig. Nokia has not yet refused, but in Florian Bichir's opinion the demand is inappropriate. The trade unions are making fools of themselves in Romania, which is still living in the past. The trade union bosses have sold themselves to their employers, and the trade union itself is nothing more than an appendage of the company management, which plays with the money of those who still believe in justice. Others make implausible demands or lapse into violence. ... In Romania it will be some time before the work of the trade unions can be taken seriously."

» full article (external link, Romanian)
More from the press review on the subject » Corporations, » Finland, » Romania
All available articles from » Florian Bichir

» To the complete press review of Monday, March 17, 2008