Internationally-recognised core labour standards in Romania
Internationally-recognised core labour standards in Romania

Summary/Abstract: This report on the respect of internationally-recognised core labour standards in Romania is one of a series the ICFTU is producing in accordance with the Ministerial Declaration adopted at the first Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) (Singapore, 9-13 December 1996) and endorsed at the second WTO Ministerial Conference (Geneva, 18-20 May 1998) in which the Ministers stated: « We renew our commitment to the observance of internationally-recognised core labour standards. » These standards were further upheld in the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work adopted by the 174 member countries of the ILO at the International Labour Conference in June 1998. This report was prepared together with the ICFTU’s affiliates in Romania, CNSLR-Fraţia, with a membership of 1,200,000 workers, and Blocul Naţional Sindical, with a membership of 350,000. In total, trade unions in Romania represent 55-60 per cent of the workforce.

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