Bogdan Hossu, the president of Cartel Alfa, announced yesterday in a press conference that on Monday, the employees of "Oltchim" will start a large scale protest at the plant's headquarters, if they do not get at least part of their outstanding salaries today, as they were promised by Liviu Pop, the delegated minister for Social Dialog.
"Promises are good, but you can't eat them", said Bogdan Hossu.
The event was also attended by Achille Duţu, the president of the Free Federation of Unions in the Chemical and Petrochemical Industry, and Mihai Diculoiu, the leader of the Free Oltchim Union.
The leader of Cartel Alfa said that the unionists will file a complaint with the secretary of state, Rodin Traicu, as well as against the Minister of the Economy, Daniel Chiţoiu, on September 24th, if the foreign administrator isn't appointed on September 21st, in order to allow the plant to resume operation.
Mihai Diculoiu does not rule picketing the Ministry of the Economy once again, after it happened on June 27th, 2012.
* Even though the authorities have announced that 13 tender books have been bought, the unionists are targeting PCC
The unionists consider that the people who entered a hunger strike at Oltchim, who are asking for the resignation of Mihai Diculoiu, have been mobilized by factions interested in driving away the potential investors which are interested in buying Oltchim, so that only PCC SE, the current minority shareholder of Oltchim, would be left as a potential buyer for the company.
The head of the OPSPI recently said that 13 tender books for the privatization of Oltchim have been acquired. The unionists are targeting German-Polish firm PCC.
Achille Duţu is saying: "Asking for the resignation of the union leader is a maneuver of the interest groups. I call upon my colleagues who went on hunger strike to end
