Rumania - Trade union affiliate dismissed for participating in a strike against unpaid salaries

In April 2014 more than 300 employees at the Maglierie Cristian factory staged a strike, complaining their salaries were late and fearing they would not even be able to give their families a decent meal for Easter. Cristi Deseanu, 29, one of the strikers, was dismissed together with a colleague who was another vocal protestor at the strike. Management argued that Cristi Deseanu quit his job voluntarily. The Italian-owned knitwear factory, Maglierie Cristian Impex, is the biggest employer in the area of Calafat. The majority of the workers employed at the company are women whose salaries are far below the living wage.