This leads us to the second problem area of the Bulgarian garment production which is situated near the southern borders to Greece and Turkey. Greek managers shift their production to the neighboring country where, one manager reported, they pay only half the price for an available and well-qualified labour force. According to a trade unionist report the union and the labour inspectorate undertook a visit to a factory about which they had received many complaints. Management refused to let them in for a week. In these areas most men are unemployed, while women work in the garment production.
Families only survive due to backyard agriculture.
Now it is 75 DM, which is still below the poverty line. If this is the average the situation in the central areas is even worse. Much material, including the CCC Code of Labour Practices, was circulated. The unionists reacted cautiously but with interest. Their discussions and reports were very lively.