1. Increasing of the basic salaries of employees in MI at least 25%

The main motive of unionists is that "such an increase would in certain extent compensate the reduction of the income of employees as a result of inflationary pressures and a lack of real wage increases and any additional bonuses or incentives in recent years." TUFEMIs representatives are reminding such increasing of the wages was expected at the end of 2008, when officially had been said by the MoI officials to employees that "wages are low" and "wages in the Ministry of Interior must be adequate to the working conditions".

 

2. Legislative amendments that will:

2.1. Give a definition and to fill with a real meaning the term "physical integrity" - Art. 5a. of the Law for MoI, the physical integrity could be defined as a legal prohibition to enter into physical contact with a police officer. Exceptions are cases where it is necessary assistance to be obtained. Such definition, supported by appropriate administrative and criminal provisions, will restrict attacks on officials in the performance of his/her duties and will  be punished to a fine ranging from 200 to 300 leva.

2.2. Change of  the term "incompatible with the MoI service" - Art. 177 of Law for MoI.
TUFEMI insists on MoI officers to be allowed to receive income from activities other than their employment in the MoI on the procedure determined by the Minister. This proposal is prompted by the bad physical condition of the employees and the fact that in recent years the situation of employees in the system has worsened. TUFEMI is reminding to the Minister that there are many good practices in other EU Member States where the additional income and second job is a policy of the Government policy and it is under Governmental regulations. 

2.3. Remove the ability for overtime work beyond the amount of compensation subject of  Art. 211-212 of Law for MoI.
TUFEMIs observation of this problem shows it is caused by the fact that in the Law for MoI overtime is limited in the field of its compensation - by paying and additional paid leave, but it is not limited as the quantity of overtime which can be worked by employees. These are prerequisites for violation of fundamental constitutional rights - the remuneration for work regulated by law.
The solution of the problem can be found in two directions - to limit/restrict the overtime work regarding the compensations fixed in the Law for MoI or to eliminate all restrictions/limitations of all  overtime compensations.

2.4. Eliminate the discrimination against police officers who are part-time graduated in the Academy of  MoI.

Currently, all students on full-time training automatically assigned a category D after their graduation in Academy of MoI. Meanwhile, the students who have graduated part-time training in the Academy of  MoI  to acquire a category D, they have to compete and follow the general line and procedures. Furthermore - if the competition is for promotion in the category, the employees who have category E cannot participate in it, despite the fact that they have graduated the Academy of MoI and have the same major and degree as full-time graduated.
The change in this aspect, except it will terminate the established forms of discrimination will also justify the resources which MoI invest in means the part-time training staff in the Academy of  MoI.

2.5. Provide functional immunity of trade union activists.

The Federation wants in the chapter twentieth of Law for MoI to be regulated (if necessary - by the modification or derogation of other provisions) the prohibition for service's termination of members in the elected management bodies of trade unions in accordance with Art. 245, item 13, as well as their transfer or posting for more than 90 days, during they are at this position in the trade union and six months after they are released, without the agreement of the central trade union's leadership.
TUFEMIs proposal is supported by the ratified from Republic of Bulgaria Convention of the International Labour Organisation, where is written the trade union leaders have immunity against prosecution and unfair dismissals. Such is the European practice.

1. Transparency;
2. Personal responsibility;
3. Team model of making decisions and their implementation;
4. Intolerance to any provocative leanings (sentiments), obstructions and actions to the detriment of the Federation and the pursued objectives;
5. Initiative

TUFEMI will fully defend its objectives related to:

• Effective enforcement of the European Charter of policemen in Bulgaria;
• Well considered and precisely pursued reform with the result – achieving greater efficiency in the Ministry of Interior, without leading to unscrupulous cuts of operating units;
• Changes in the philosophy of the Law on the Ministry of Interior in order to optimize the activities of law authorities and social status of the employees.
• Improving working conditions in the structural units of the MoI. Sufficient limit of official cars, office computers, normal offices and furniture. Technical provision of specialized and regional directorates of the MoI.
• Legal protection of the employees of the MoI in the performance of their duties (inviolability of the employee, real power of the employees in the use of special tools and physical force, incentives and pensions for the families of the officers, perished in the performance of their official duty, etc.).

To achieve these objectives, the Federation has the following tasks:

• negotiating and concluding agreements with the employer within the system of the MoI, the appointing authority and the executive authorities;
• concluding collective labour agreements with employers and collective agreements with the appointing authority;
• union protection in the field of labor, employment, labour and insurance relations and individual rights;
• organization of campaigns of union solidarity and protest actions;
• providing material, moral, legal and other specialized assistance to its members and their families;
• research and adaptation of labor and social legislation to the standards and practices of the European Union;
• development of national and international programs and projects in the field of industrial relations, business relations, social insurance, employment, education and training, income and living standards, human resources development and social integration;
• establishing and maintaining connections with similar unions in Bulgaria and abroad, cooperation in order to exchange experience and mutual assistance, participation in national and international trade forums;
• representation and protection of its members to the employer, appointing authority, the executive and the judiciary, state and municipal administration, social, political and other organizations on issues of labor, social and health insurance and living standards;
• laying down demands on the employer and the appointing authority to ensure conditions for rest and recreation of the Federation members;
• conduct of cultural, educational and charitable activities;
  organizing and realization of other activities under this Statute, which does not contradict the existing legislation;
• participation in international events related to the activity of TUFEMI;
• Interaction with organizations in the country and abroad, who share the values ​​and goals of TUFEMI.