Regional Project for Labour Relations and Social Dialogue in South East Europe January 2011 Annual Review 2010 on Labour Relations and Social Dialogue in South East Europe: Moldova By Cornel Ciurea* Content Executive summary Socio-economic developments Governmental policies and legislation Industrial relations Tripartite social dialogue Forecasts Annex- Information about: Collective bargaining, social dialogue, social security, education& vocational train­ing, employment, wages Trade unions and employers’ organizations * Cornel Ciurea, IDIS VIITORUL expert © Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Regional Project for Labour Relations and Social Dialogue in South East Europe Tadeusa Koscuska 8/5 11000 Belgrade, Serbia E-Mail: fes@fessoe.de Internet: www.fessoe.de The text is available online: www.fessoe.de The views expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the Friedrich-Ebert­Stiftung or of the organization for which the author works. 1. Executive summary In 2010 the National Confederation of Trade Unions asked for an extensive program of economic recovery, which was meant to envisage the increase in the population em­ployment, industrial development and creation of new jobs. It addressed issues con­cerning workers’ rights in the field of labor, social protection, poverty reduction etc. The biggest success was considered to be the increase of minimal monthly wage to 1100 lei(68 euro) which was agreed on the tripartite basis with the government and employ­ers. These actions were taken in the conditions of an acute political crisis which para­lyzed in many ways the social activities in Moldova. At the same time, the economic