ORGANIZATION OF RUMANIAN SYNDICATES (TRADE UNIONS)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005500380004-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 18, 2003
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: August 15, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
1. All Rumanian syndicates (trade unions) are supervised by the General
Confederation of Labor which, acting under the direction of the Rumanian
'.?vorkers Warty, controls all the workers in Rumania.
2. The anion of syndicates comprises all trade unions in a given industrial
field. These unions of syndicates are directly responsible to the
General Confederation of Labor. Their activities are similar to those of
the individual syndicates, which are described in paragraph 4, below,
although their responsibilities and activity is of course greater.
3. Lach plant employing not less than 500 workers is entitled to organize
its own syndicate. If the number of workers is less than 500, a factory
committee or syndicate group is organized, which in turn is affiliated
with a syndicate. In some cases, where the number of workers is between
400 and 500, the factory committee or syndicate group nwy work directly
with a union of syndicates.
4. In theory, the syndicate represents the interests of its worker-members
vi is-a-vis , the factory administration. In actual fact, however, the
syndicate exercises no such function. At the present time activities
of syndicates include;
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a. Operation of factory canteens
b. Sports
c, Organization of workers for deraonstrntione
d. Organisation of meetings and propaganda talks
B. Collection of opinions of workers relative to laws before the National Assembly,;-
f. Advice to management relative to hiring and discht?rging workers
g... Organization of "socialist competitions"
h. Assistance arranging holiday trips for workers.
5. Officers of the syndicate are as fol? ows;
a. President
b. Secretary
c. Responsible organizer
d. Responsible for cultural matters
e. Responsible for financial matters
f. Responsible for sports
This document is hereby regraded to
CONFIDENTIAL in accordance with the
letter of 16 October 1978 from the
Director of Central Intelligence to the
Archivist of the United States.
Next Review Date: 2008
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CPO Responsible for social security
h. Responsibles for other special activities.
flroups of syndicate members charged with special assignments within the
org,nization are known as collectives. Directed by a chief who is
usually the responsible for a certain activity, the collective meets
once or twice a week, hears reports and discusses the problems that
have been assigned to it. At the conclusion of the meeting minutes
are prepared setting forth the decisions reached and new tasks assigned.
L'embers of the collectives are likewise used for agitation work among the
members of the syndicate. Collectives are also employed within the
Rumanian workers Party.
7t; There has been no true reorganization of syndicates The only changes have
been the institution of more effective control by the Rumanian 7;orkers Party
and the reduction of the number of workers necessary for the organization of
a syndicate in a single enterprise from 2,000 to 500.
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