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Transport Minister Cătălin Drulă clarified the protest in the metro, which he described as an illegal action. Speaking at Digi24, Drula said the lines were blocked on Friday by people who were not Metrorex employees, and among the employees present, some were not during working hours. In addition, the minister assures that there is no agreement with the unions, but that only the continuation of some discussions was accepted, and assured that this situation, of suspending subway traffic in the Capital, will not be repeated.
“In this illegal action, it was an organization like a soccer gallery, made last night, to block the operation of the subway, it was not a strike, but a crime. This action was deeply illegal, we also requested a DNA investigation for several crimes, it is not a strike, it is not a spontaneous protest, there are some citizens, some metro employees, others we believe not, who blocked the operation of the metro. they were not just Metrorex employees, and a large part of the employees present were not were during working hours, Mr. Rădoi has experience with these things and knows that a strike is prohibited during the alert, last night, like a football arcade, he determined that the power was cut off and the trains could no longer run in the morning.
At the same time, the comrades of those who protested went to work, congratulated them on it, stayed in the warehouses and waited all day to work. Yesterday a summons was issued for the release of those commercial spaces that were illegally occupied. Mr. Rădoi orchestrated this illegal action, “said Cătălin Drulă, on Digi24.
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“There is no agreement, the Board of Directors agreed to continue the discussions”
The Minister of Transport also specified that there is no agreement between the trade unionists and the Board of Directors, but only the continuation of a dialogue in the coming days. Drula assured that such a situation, the suspension of train traffic, will not be repeated
“There is no agreement, they ask that everything go as it is now, that is, with the same staff and the same salaries, which is impossible. There is no income from the company plus compensation to cover those salaries, they received an increase in pandemic conditions, by 18%, in the context in which income collapsed, passenger traffic, too. An advisor to the director of Metrorex, a translator, a lawyer earn between 8,000 and 9,000 lei net, those in managerial positions earn 13,000. Salaries have doubled in recent years and it has reached an unsustainable situation and, mathematically, the budget is no longer closed.
In order not to go bankrupt, the Board of Directors met with the union and told them these things, possibly a staggering raise in pay. But today the problem was related to commercial spaces that are illegally occupied, yesterday citations were issued for the release of these occupied spaces in the public domain, without rights. We do not negotiate the law.
The Board of Directors has agreed to continue discussions, real social dialogue is normal and we will continue in the next few days. Today an era is approaching, what happened today will not happen again. The people who carried out these actions today risk going to jail for Mr. Rădoi. The strike is a right, but nothing has been exercised in this area, it was an action like a soccer gallery.
I am convinced that the situation today will not be repeated because people have realized that it is not worth committing crimes for a union leader who acts as a cartel leader. The time when this union leader ordained ministers is over.
When the union runs a company and the interests of the company go nowhere, it does not matter if that company goes bankrupt or not, it matters to control everything that happens in the company, with servile directors, with controlled people ”, added Drula. .
Subway traffic resumed on Friday night
Transport Minister Cătălin Drulă announced on Digi24 that metro traffic resumed on Friday evening. Metrorex representatives also issued a statement informing that the trains had been put back into operation on all highways.
“The subway traffic has resumed. There are procedures that must be implemented: turn on, then an empty train must go to check that everything is fine, so it took a few hours, but at this time it has resumed. said Cătălin Drulă, Friday night, on Digi24.
Editing: Alexandra Andronie
