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Romania: Protest slams decree on jobs for disabled people

Romania: Protest slams decree on jobs for disabled people | iNFOnews.ca
A woman comforts a young man in his wheelchair after taking part in a protest outside the Labour Ministry in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2017. Hundreds of disabled people joined the protest to express their anger at a government emergency decree that changes the current law and no longer obliges companies with more than 50 employees to hire a number of disabled people or use the services of a department that hires special needs personnel which could lead to 2,000 disabled people losing their jobs. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

BUCHAREST, Romania – People with disabilities have protested outside Romania’s labour ministry against a measure they say could leave them jobless.

About 200 protesters — some in wheelchairs, others with crutches — carried banners Tuesday in Bucharest saying “We want to work, not beg!”

They were angry at a government emergency decree that means companies with more than 50 employees no longer have to hire a certain number of disabled people or to use a department that hires special-needs personnel.

It is scheduled to take effect Sept. 1.

A federation that represents non-governmental social services said the decree could lead to 2,000 people with disabilities losing their jobs.

A statement said, “We refuse to be considered invisible and unimportant and to … obey decrees that can change our lives with a single signature.”

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