Bulgarian labor-relations in transition - tripartism and collective-bargaining

This article discusses the restructuring of labour relations in Bulgaria from the fall of the Zhivkov Government in November 1989 up to the end of 1991. It deals with the process whereby independent trade unions and employers' organizations emerged as new parties in labour relations and assesses their role in the development and orientation of tripartism and collective bargaining. The operation and scope of these new phenomena at both national and lower organizational levels are discussed in their political and economic contexts. Changes in labour relations appear to be outstripping reforms in the economy at large.