`The Confederation of the National Syndicates in Bulgaria prepares national strike, `Zhelyazko Hristov from the syndicate announced. Miners, power engineers and teachers were ready to go on strike next week, according to him. `All structures will be ready to protest. `We expected tension and national discontent since we first heard the policies of the new government,` Hristov said. The representatives of the syndicates do not think that there is a dialogue with the Cabinet. The syndicates demand cancellation of the Regulation of the Salary Act and changes in the new Act of Privatization.