Workers of failed Nis companies continued their protests in front of the City Hall, expressing dissatisfaction with the unclear conditions for the payment of outstanding debts. They are concerned about the obligation to waive interest and lawsuits, as well as the long period of payment in four installments
Workers failed of Niš companies also protested in front of the City Hall this Friday. They say that even after the parliamentary discussion, they are not clear about the conditions for the payment of outstanding debts, nor what exactly the councilors voted for. They are worried that they have to waive interest and lawsuits, pay court costs themselves, but also receive the money in four installments over a period of as much as four years, they write. Southern news.
Some of the gathered workers also believe that the progressives, frightened by the drop in ratings in Niš, and since the workers in other cities would not demand payment of the debt, decided that the problem should be taken over by the City instead of the state.
"Citizens are protesting why the City should pay." Those workers invested in this city. We are not interested in who will pay for it, as long as it is realistic and as it should be. We hope that the republic will do the same. However, I think that the government has realized that this is a big problem and that the SNS government in Niš is under question, so they want to pay us somehow, but that the state does not pay for it, because then other cities will demand it, but that pay off the City. However, workers in other cities will ask their local governments. Department stores won't get anything, let's say, like some others. Where do they belong", asks Slavica Petrović from the Association of Disenfranchised Workers.
She and other workers are also concerned about the condition that the workers will have to fulfill in order to receive money from the City - to withdraw the lawsuits. According to them, this would mean that they would bear the court costs themselves and waive the interest.
"Let's say someone is owed 950.000 dinars and this year he collected about 2 million dinars through the court. Would he waive that interest? Do EPS and public companies waive interest? We are not asking for welfare and charity. We are not begging. We are only looking for what we have earned. There is that dilemma. I also think that four years is too long," says Slavica Petrović.
Instead of being treated in spas and spending their pensions, as some of the gathered say, even though they are over 70 years old, they manage to survive by working in construction, as well as various other jobs.
"This issue should be resolved by the state"
Dejan Damjanović, a former employee of Partizanski put, is one of those dissatisfied with the city government's decision.
"All honor to the City and the mayor, but this issue should be resolved by the state at a higher level." The state should have solved it a long time ago. Whether the state will give it to the City, and it will pay, it doesn't matter. The law is the same for everyone. If the state asks citizens to obey the laws, then sends enforcers and interest, I guess we also have some right. I can't collect mine, which I've done for 27 years. They deducted my salary, the salary is irregular and now someone needs to blackmail me into signing something. That's really not right. I won't sign for sure. I respect the laws," he points out.
The City's offer will not be accepted by the former employee of Vulkan Slaviša Lazić, who attended yesterday's session of the Assembly of Nis and who still does not understand what exactly the councilors adopted.
"I will never accept the City's offer." Neither will my colleagues. On September 24, the workers received the decision of the constitutional judge to pay them 800 euros and back wages. The workers hope to receive all funds by the end of October. How would I waive the legal basis? The city gives social assistance, as they gave their own in the City Administration 40.000 dinars each. I can accept that, but I can't give up on other things, debt repayment," says Lazić.
Former employee of Elektronska industrija Goran Stojanović states that he would accept the help of the City, but not to waive the lawsuit and interest.
"I have a constitutional judgment and I don't want to give it up"
"The President of the Assembly said that these are not salaries, but help from the City of Niš to the workers." It's a scam. Workers have the right to be paid wages and cannot waive it. I have a constitutional judgment and I will not give it up. The next day, Dragoslav Pavlović may no longer be the mayor, maybe someone else will come. "Then what if they stop this, and we waive our debt," asks Stojanović.
About 1,2 million dinars are owed to Radovan Stanković, a former employee of Građevinar. He is not sure whether he will accept "financial support" from the City.
"I have to consult with a lawyer about whether to take it or not." I am not very happy with the payment in four installments. If we go through the Constitutional Court, everything is paid at once. I am in a big dilemma. Second, how do I waive the interest? If I owe someone 100 euros and the executor comes to me, it turns out to be 500-600 euros. "Then how about more than a million dinars without interest," asks Stanković.
At the session of the Assembly of Nis, opposition councilors also pointed out that this problem should be solved at the state level and warned that the City's move could lead to new lawsuits, judging it as populist. They also warned that the City's decision does not include all workers who are waiting for the payment of back wages.
Source: Southern News
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