Trade union supporters took to the streets in front of the Bulgarian parliament building in Sofia to demand higher wages to combat surging inflation in the EU’s poorest country. In a meeting, representatives of the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria and the Confederation of Labor later handed President Rumen Radev a letter calling for an increase in the nation’s minimum wage for the proposed 2023 national budget. To read the original story from RFE/RL's Bulgarian Service, click here.
Bulgarian Trade Unions Protest In Sofia To Demand Increase In Minimum Wage
Bulgarian President Rumen Radev (right) with Dimitar Manolov (left), president of the Confederation of Labor, and Plamen Dimitrov, president of Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Sofia on November 11.