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Post by radovic on Feb 8, 2008 10:46:19 GMT -5
Bulgaria to Import More Workers
08 February 2008 Sofia _ Bulgarian employers’ organisations have said they are starting to compile research findings on what kinds of skills are needed to fill the widening gaps in the country’s labour market.
Business leaders were responding in the local media on Thursday to a call from the Minister of Social Policy and Labour, Emilia Maslarova, who had told Reuters news agency a day earlier that Bulgaria needed to recruit tens of thousands of foreign workers for its labour-starved construction, energy and tourism sectors.
Maslarova said she was consulting employers on agreeing a five-year strategy to tackle the labour shortages.
Evgeny Ivanov of the Confederation of Employers and Industrialists suggested that Bulgaria should first train its own unemployed and unskilled workers, using funds from EU programmes.
Ivan Boykov of the Bulgarian Construction Chamber said some 4,000 workers were needed to finish the ongoing road and power stations construction projects on time.
He said the construction of the Belene nuclear power station alone required an additional 1,000 workers, including many qualified engineers.
Dikran Tebeyan of the Bulgarian Economics Chamber proposed that publicity campaigns should be launched in countries with Bulgarian minorities, such as Turkey, Ukraine, Macedonia and Moldova to encourage them to seek work in Bulgaria.
He also suggested that Bulgarians who had left for the West in search of jobs should be targeted. "If they are better informed about the increase in salaries and the need for professionals in Bulgaria, it is very probable many of them will decide to come back."
Tebeyan suggested that fees charged by the Ministry of the Interior and the Agency for Employment for work permits and other documents should be reduced.
The Agency charges employers €300 for each foreign worker, while the cost of a one-year work permit, issued by the Ministry, amounts to €250.
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Post by Rhezus on Feb 9, 2008 16:43:42 GMT -5
Is this a joke!! Bulgaria can not offer normal sallaries for its own citizen and attend something they can't handle. Are the pay cheques real or are they going to ask for money from EU?! So typical.. stupidity.
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Post by Ivanov on Feb 9, 2008 18:26:18 GMT -5
Actually our "businessmen" want to import slaves
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Post by Edlund on Feb 10, 2008 6:27:23 GMT -5
The Bulgarians don't want to work for 200 euro, the gypsies don't want to work at all. The investors don't want to higher the salaries. The investors are not Bulgarians by the way. The liberal market economy was introduced in Bulgaria after the capital of the Bulgarians was stolen. So the investors don't care if they will pay to Bulgarians or to Chinese. Chinese will come here, Bulgarians will go to west, and capitalism and multiculturalism will prevail
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Post by Rhezus on Feb 10, 2008 7:05:27 GMT -5
Edlund, don't blame it on the others.. non bulgarians, "investors". Are the investors even paying the retirement leaves of our old people, the sallaries of all who are not employed by any foreign investors?! No, the investors are not the problem - something is wrong in Bulgaria! Such is not the case in Hungary, not in Estonia or Latvia, not in Czeh rep. not even in Romania..
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Post by Edlund on Feb 10, 2008 7:18:57 GMT -5
Are the investors even paying the retirement leaves of our old people, the sallaries of all who are not employed by any foreign investors?! Yes, of course. The pensions and the salaries of the people, working for the state (33% of the employed people), and the social help for the unemployed - these money come from the taxes and are spent by the government. The government is not ruled by Bulgarians, as you probably know. The government works for the investors, they are ready to destroy the nature and leave thousands unemployed for the economical benefit of Pramod Mital, or the Russian investors who will build AEC "Belene", or some other "foreign investor". It might be not that bad, but it's very similar.
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Post by Rhezus on Feb 10, 2008 8:19:50 GMT -5
I don't think so.. The government is ruled by Bulgarians who deserve to sit somewhere else than in government. Even during the socialist years the situation was same - poor ppl, poor country. Europe's poorest place - thanks to our ppl and not the outside ppl. The foreign ppl see only oppurtunities which we give them. There is a typical tendecy - Bulgarians, blaming their own faults to the "others". Bulgarians allowed even former DC to go unpunished and use the stolen (taxpayer's) money to buy each and every industry. That's the fact.
It's not similar - the situation is quite different than in Bulgaria. People get paid for the work done, their countries are prosperous, compaired to our. In BG you walk the streets and see 1m high bushes, powerty and homeless wild dogs - almost everywhere..
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Post by Edlund on Feb 10, 2008 8:34:10 GMT -5
Even during the socialist years the situation was same - poor ppl, poor country. Europe's poorest place - thanks to our ppl and not the outside ppl. Maybe you don't know, but during the socialist years Bulgaria was practically the 16th Soviet republic. Todor Zhivkov and the other communist leaders wanted Bulgaria to join the Soviet Union. The Bulgarian people didn't have the right to choose anything, and even Todor Zhivkov and the people around him were only puppets. The situation is the same now. But you don't live here and don't know this. This means, that you should talk about the Swedish politics, not the Bulgarian. Why didn't you stop them? In Sofia especially. Sofia is one of the ugliest cities in BG. For the outlook of the cities are responsible the mayors. And Sofia has had two big criminals for mayors in the last 12 years. But the position of mayor of Sofia is also something, which is not chosen by the citizens. I could explain you why, but your lack of intelligence is stopping me. Let me ask you something about Swedish politics. Why did Sweden vote "yes" for Bulgaria to join EU?
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Post by Rhezus on Feb 10, 2008 9:24:35 GMT -5
May be I see just another excuse, another blame..?! I see very well the obvious. Bulgaria is quite an unpleasnat place - both for foreigners and Bulgarians as well. Swedish polititians are doing it fine, compaired to the one we are talking about. Don't involve Sweden here, pls. And don't try to defend something, by telling me I lack intelligence! Simply because - I wasn't there.. But those like you - you offered them to fuc. you, again. Of course, they took that opportunity with great pleasure... Don't contradict youself further more... Why big criminals have to go free, why chances are given to them for such positions? And why aren't they in prison?! If it was only for Sweden to decide... they should never allow Bulgaria this.
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Post by Edlund on Feb 10, 2008 9:37:10 GMT -5
If it was only for Sweden to decide... they should never allow Bulgaria this. If it was only for me to decide... I would never allow the criminals to do the things we are talking about.
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Post by Edlund on Feb 10, 2008 9:45:38 GMT -5
May be I see just another excuse, another blame..?! You see a fact. And don't try to defend something, by telling me I lack intelligence! I'm just telling you what's stopping me from writing more detailed. Simply because - I wasn't there.. But those like you - you offered them to fuc. you, again. Of course, they took that opportunity with great pleasure... Your questions sound like a Jew, who emmigrated from Poland before WWII, asking a Polish Jew in 1942: "Why are the Jews in the concentration camps so poor?", "Why arent' the nazis in prison?", "Why do you let them steal your money?", "Why do you work for them in the camps?"...
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Post by Rhezus on Feb 10, 2008 13:25:36 GMT -5
Not only for you, but for all to decide! That was the biggest mistake for Bulgaria.. That's why criminals still do what they do..
No kidding, you are VERY clever... you think you can impress me like that?! Usually big mouths like yours, can not achieve a thing. That's why you accept somebody else screwing you and then blame things on Turks, Russians, Commies, investors etc. etc.
P.S. My question is not same as what you are trying to portray.. Don't compair it with jews and nazis.. Don't defend the mistakes of Bulgarians this way. Somebody else won't fix the growing problems in Bulgaria - not EU..
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Post by Edlund on Feb 10, 2008 15:51:20 GMT -5
Usually big mouths like yours, can not achieve a thing. That's why you accept somebody else screwing you and then blame things on Turks, Russians, Commies, investors etc. etc. Ok, you are the clever guy, I'm an idiot. Tell me what should I do now? Follow your example or do something else?
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Post by bb681 on Feb 11, 2008 15:55:26 GMT -5
This issue of importing workers from nearby non-EU countries also occurs at places such as Poland where the unemployment problem is even more acute than in Bulgaria. Imo,there has been more noise around this than it actually deserves.
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Post by bb681 on Feb 25, 2008 13:25:46 GMT -5
Foreign Workers Are No Threat for Bulgarian Labour
Svetlozar Petrov, Jobtiger manager Vietnamese will sew the clothes in Bulgaria, while at the same time Egyptians will serve at restaurants in Bulgaria's resorts. Such tidings have been frequently repeated not only by Emilia Maslarova, Bulgaria's Minister of Labour and Social Policy but also by a number of businessmen. It is all very clear that Bulgaria will by all means have to import labour force. We will need foreign specialist at least for the implementation of the infrastructure projects because Bulgaria simply lacks workers in some of the sectors. For instance, the construction of Belene NPP will require numbers of highly-efficient welders, numbers that Bulgaria cannot supply because too many of the quality work have been abroad for long. At least it should be noted that Bulgaria underwent a mighty economic collapse. Many of the Bulgarian experts were unemployed or underpaid for long that drove them towards the West. If labour force is to be imported, then the temporary residence visas are preferable, at least till Bulgaria makes out which of the sectors of the economy would be priority and try to produce the necessary experts here. The demographic problems are more than obvious. Meanwhile the Bulgarian economy is on the rise. If this tendency is preserved, there will be enough room for foreigners to settle permanently here. It is not without a risk, though, because if Bulgaria imports welders for the construction of Belene and in five years we no longer need them, what shall we do? We must then either re-train them or they will be a burden to the welfare system. The most important thing is that the Bulgarians have no fear that foreigners could underbid salaries. This cannot happen because salaries suffer when labour is hired at the black market. Bulgarian companies will hardly take such risks because they will be closely scrutinized at least in the beginning. It is pointless to try to guess whether Bulgaria will be flooded with Vietnamese, Egyptians or Bulgarians from Bessarabia. To put it business-like, Bulgaria will accept those who wish to come over here. But I think there is hardly a country where people go to sleep and wake up with the dream of immigrating to Bulgaria.
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