Romanian workers earn three times more in Italy

A Romanian working in a plant of Nusco Porte door and window producer of Italy earns three times more than an employee of Pinum Doors&Windows company of Bucharest, owned by the same Italian group, according to company information. “The smallest wage offered to an employee working with the Romanian plant stands at 1,200 RON in net terms (285 euros). We haven’t given up wage raises, but even increased wages by as much as 10% this year,” maintains Michele Nusco, 33, general manager with Pinum Doors&Windows of Bucharest, which has 300 employees and ended last year with 18m-euro sales. “I’ve been working for 10 years for Nusco Porte and I have a wage of 1,000 euros, with this being the first job I’ve had since I came here,” specifies Petre Gheorghe, 50, born in Dambovita county, a carpenter at the Nusco Porte plant. Nusco Italian group is made up of 18 companies, carries out operations in the wood, real estate, constructions industries and is present domestically through Pinum Doors & Windows and Nusco Imobiliaria firms.