…As Workers Suspend Strike

Workers at the IAR Ghimbav helicopter manufacturing plant in Brasov, Romania, have suspended their strike after three days. On May 9, local trade union BNS announced that management and employees had reached an agreement on all six of the workers’ requests, which included salary increases and compensatory wages in the event of massive job cuts after privatization. About 700 of the 900 workers walked out during the strike, according to BNS.