A new political force gains ground in Romania: the unions who act as a political entity. Elsewhere in the news, of the 2 million Romanians who work abroad, 2,000 are directors. The IMF agrees to increase the minimum salary to 650 lei in 2011 or even higher. Bon Jovi, Green Day, Lady Gaga and Radiohead might perform in Romania in 2011.
Evenimentul Zilei reads on Monday about a new political entity that gains more and more ground in Romania, namely the unions and more specifically, union leaders who beyond the interest of the workers they represent also have personal interests.
The opposition plans to overthrow the government with a motion of censure and about 80,000 people in the streets. The force of the unions, to mobilize people on the streets is meant to pressure political institutions.
The newspaper reads that union leaders are moguls, who manage to see their own interest in the whole business: if they know support the motion, after elections they sprang out in the Parliament as deputies and senators.
The newspaper offers enough examples of union leaders who have many proven personal interests. Their cumulated wealths were always a taboo subject and they always benefited of a protection from the politicians who managed to block any initiative to compel them to declare their fortunes.
Gandul reads that of the 2 million Romanians working abroad, 2,000 are directors. Another 50,000 are specialists, from doctors, engineers to IT experts and accountants. Currently, about 2,000 Romanians have leading positions abroad, according to estimates of the weekly Business Magazin quoted by the newspaper.
Another 20,000 are interns, Romanian expats who specialize, working in companies abroad. Romania exported a consistent number of specialists, not only unqualified workers. Of the 2,000 Romanians working in
