Rumania - Organising obstructed (2010)

In recent years some employers have been trying to block the creation of trade unions within companies and have even warned workers against discussing unionisation with outsiders. There have been reports that unscrupulous employers – usually foreign companies – make employment conditional upon the worker agreeing not to create or join a union. If a trade union representative loses his or her job, he or she will hardly ever be allowed back to the company premises to meet with trade union members. Self-employed workers who wish to form or join a union are especially at risk.