The National Federation of Social Solidarity of Work (FNSSM), affiliated to the National Trade Union Bloc, warns that the new Salary Law risks significantly reducing the salaries of employees in territorial pension houses and maintaining existing inequities in the public system.
According to a statement sent on Tuesday, the union organization argues that public sector pay reform is necessary, but it must be built on the principles of fairness, transparency and predictability, so as to eliminate unjustified wage differences and protect the purchasing power of employees.
The FNSSM representatives request the introduction of clear mechanisms to ensure equal pay for identical or similar functions and the elimination of discrepancies resulting from the non-unitary application of previous legislation.
“A modern wage system cannot be built if we keep the imbalances of the past. For the same work, the same responsibility and the same professional training, there must be the same wage recognition”, support the trade unionists, according to Agerpres.
The federation also criticizes the lack of a clear formula for updating the reference value used to calculate salaries. According to trade unionists, without an automatic indexing mechanism, budget workers’ income risks being affected by inflation and the increase in the cost of living.
“A wage law must not only set today’s wages, but also guarantee their real value in the future. If the reference value is not updated annually according to inflation and the evolution of the average wage, the purchasing power of employees will continue to decrease”the release states.
Unionists draw particular attention to the plight of employees in territorial pensions, which they say are undervalued in the current bill, despite the fact that they manage essential activities for millions of pensioners and beneficiaries of the public pension system.
The FNSSM requests the revision of the salary coefficients for both management and executive staff in the public pension system, as well as the reduction of the differences between the central and territorial structures.
According to the federation, in its current form, the project does not guarantee the return of wages to the levels existing before the application of the temporary fiscal-budgetary measures. Moreover, for the staff of the territorial pension houses, the salaries that would be applied from January 2027 could remain below the level of those in payment in June 2025.
“Temporary measures adopted in difficult times must not be transformed into permanent wage losses. The new wage system must provide security and predictability, not consecrate the effects of temporary budget restrictions”send the representatives of the FNSSM.
The Federation asks the Government and the Ministry of Labor to review the project before adoption and to introduce measures to guarantee the elimination of wage inequities, the annual updating of incomes according to inflation and the evolution of the gross average wage, the maintenance of acquired wage rights and the appropriate recognition of the responsibilities of the staff in the territorial pension houses.
Several trade union organizations affiliated with the National Trade Union Bloc have announced large-scale protests and actions against the project of the new Law on unitary wages. The complaints concern both the maintenance of salary inequities and the risk of reduced incomes for certain categories of public sector employees. In parallel, the parliamentary civil servants are collecting signatures for the initiation of the general strike.
In parallel, the National Federation of Social Solidarity of Work (FNSSM), affiliated to the National Bank of Romania, announced protests in the judicial system. Thus, during the period 2–5 June 2026, between 08:00 and 12:00, the activity in the courts and prosecutor’s offices will be partially suspended, and the working hours with the public will be reduced by half. Exceptions will be made only for cases and urgent works provided for by law.
