Salaries are low in Romania because the economy is still feeble and growing but also because employees are not well represented by unions, according to a recent poll.

About 77% of the people who answered to this poll think that the unions in Romania don’t do a good job in representing employees. Some 81% think that the low salaries are due to the weak state of the economy.

The study also reveals that three in four Romanians believe foreign companies exploit them, and this is among the factors that keep wages low. Only one in three respondents believe Romanians are lazy.

editor@romania-insider.com