3,000 CFR Marfa employees to be laid off starting June 1 

CFR Marfa, the national freight railway company notified unions and labour inspectors about its plans to lay off 3,000 employees even though the negotiated numbers with the unions was 2,400 starting June 1st, union leader Iulian Mantescu declared quoted by Romanian news agency Mediafax.

Mantescu said CFR Marfa started on April 8th to notify unions regarding their intentions. He said that the administration is compelled to wait 10 working days for union leaders to send measures to avoid layoffs and maximum 30 days for an answer from the IT. According to Mantescu CFR Marfa has 56,000 employees with an average salary of 1,600 lei/month in 2010.