Romanian parliamentary staff launch Japanese‑style strike during Veștea government investiture

Parliamentary public servants from both the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate began a Japanese‑style strike that will last throughout the investiture procedures of the new government headed by Adrian Veștea. The strike, organized by the unions representing parliamentary staff, protests what they describe as a humiliating salary level and opposes a draft unified salary law that they say maintains the same discriminatory conditions.

In their communiqué, the unions emphasized the constitutional importance of Parliament and warned that legislative work, parliamentary control, and foreign relations cannot function without the technical staff. Striking employees will continue working but will wear distinctive signs to signal their protest. The action occurs amid political and legal tensions surrounding the formation of the new executive and debates over public‑sector salary reforms.