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The Union's Federation of Research and Development Employees Romania (FSLCPR) is the only representative organization of unions in the Research-Development area active throughout the state of Romania. FSLCPR was founded in 1990 and at the present time it is made up by over 60 trade unions from various National Institutes and Enterprises involved in research-development activities covering most branches of the national economy. FSLCPR is affiliated with the Confederation of the Democratic Trade Unions of Romania (CSDR), with EUROCADRES and UNI. FSLCPR is represented by its president in the leading committees of CSDR and EUROCADRES. FSLCPR has collaboration and friendship relations with union organizations from abroad, such as: CISL (Italy), UCC-CFDT (France), HK and TL (Denmark), UGT (Spain), IGM (Germany).
The aim of FSLCPR is to oversee the operational coherence of its members, as well as to represent, to promote and to protect their professional, social and economical interests. Since its foundation, FSLCPR has acted to put into practice its statutory objectives and to apply the agreements reached by its collective leading committees (Congress/Conference/Council). Thereby:
- Since 1992, FSLCPR has been responsible with the negotiation and the approval of the Collective Work Contract for the Research-Development area, a contract which, throughout the years, proved to be an important and modern tool to promote and protect the rights and interests of its members.
- Since 1990, FSLCPR has participated in committees of Social Dialogue and in workgroups charged with the preparation of normative documents meant to regulate the new legislative framework of this area.
- Ever since it came into being, FSLCPR has been involved in the preparation of a national strategy in the research-development area, which applied would define the State's true policy in this area.
- Ever since it came into being, FSLCPR has acted to promote highly qualified personnel in R&D, to motivate and to stimulate researchers by using an appropriate income policy.
- Since its beginnings, FSLCPR has acted towards a technological endowment of research-development-design units that would ensure working standards at international levels.
Since decision factors at the central level, as well as those at the level of institutions (directors, business owners, boards of directors, etc.), generally do not have any consideration for the common interests of the personnel in the research area, nor do they consider this branch a national priority, FSLCPR will continue to act using all legal means in order to impose the rule of law and to make possible the achievement of the forth mentioned objectives proposed by the members of FSLCPR.