National Trade Union Bloc

The National Trade Union Bloc (Romanian: Blocul Național Sindical, BNS) is the second largest national trade union center in Romania. It was founded in 1991 and has a membership of 375,000.

BNS

National Trade Union Bloc
Blocul Național Sindical
Founded	1991
Headquarters	Bucharest, Romania
Location	Romania
Members	375,000
Key people	Dumitru Costin, president Matei Bratianu, secretary general
Affiliations	ITUC, ETUC
Website	www.bns.ro

Plans for a BNS merger with CNSLR-Fratia were announced in 1994, however this has not taken place.

BNS is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation, and the European Trade Union Confederation.

References

• ICTUR; et al., eds. (2005). Trade Unions of the World (6th ed.). London, UK: John Harper Publishing. ISBN 0-9543811-5-7.

External links

• BNS official site.

• Organized labour portal