Serbia was completely unprepared for the closure of companies created by direct foreign investments and state subsidies. The interlocutors of "Vremen" warn that a very difficult and uncertain future awaits the workers who lost their jobs and point out that the entire economic model in Serbia is wrong.
Students and numerous trade unions, farmers, postmen, educators, workers of EPS and other companies are planning to gather at a protest in Belgrade on March 8.
Benetton's announcement that it is closing its plant in Niš means that more than 900 people in that city will lose their jobs. Other factories in the south of Serbia, such as Johnson Electric, Jure and Aptiva, have problems that could lead to an additional increase in unemployment. What should the state do so that workers stop being cheap and replaceable labor force
According to the 2016 contract, Johnson Electric was supposed to have at least 2.400 new employees, but things have changed over time. Just a few days ago, about 300 workers of this factory received a proposal for mutual termination of the employment contract
After it was confirmed that 900 workers of the Benetton company in Niš will lose their jobs, and conductors in public transport have already been fired, the situation on the labor market in this city is becoming alarming.
"We gathered because the situation in the company is the same as in the state." Nothing is better," said one of the rebel workers for "Vreme". GSP workers, together with citizens and students, walked from that plant on Dorćol to the Assembly of Belgrade, where they submitted their four demands
The median salary for CEOs of FTSE 100 companies is £4,22m (around €113m), which is 37.430 times more than the average full-time worker's salary of £45.000 (around €XNUMX)
The Chinese factory "Mei Ta Europa" from Obrenovac is laying off hundreds of Serbian workers and hiring foreign workers for less. And the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, was really looking forward to the fact that in 2020, the local labor force, which was subsidized by the state, would work there
The strikes affected most of Volkswagen's factories in Germany. Unions oppose plant closures and layoffs, while management says the cuts are necessary due to falling demand and high competition in the electric vehicle market, especially from China
Dissatisfied workers protested because of lower wages and lack of benefits. They demand that their salaries be equalized with those of employees in the same positions in the Electric Power Company of Serbia and that, like them, they receive a benefited seniority
Patients from the "Laza Lazarevic" psychiatric clinic in Belgrade and workers from the "FPM Agromehanika" factory ended up seeing a doctor because of vomiting, diarrhea and stomach pains.
There is talk again about the problem of fake sick leave, and claims are being made that around 40.000 workers are taking sick leave even though there is no need for it. Employers say that's why they even hire private detectives - to find out who's sick and who's pretending. How to evaluate which sick leaves are fake? And why it represents border crossing
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
"Through an internal investigation, we determined how the omission occurred, and the responsible persons were sanctioned and given a warning before dismissal," stated the official statement sent by the Volt company to the weekly "Vreme" in response to our inquiry.
The Labor Inspectorate filed a criminal complaint against the Korean manager of the Production Sector at the "Jura" factory in Leskovac due to reasonable suspicion that he committed a criminal offense of labor and social security rights violations
The union announces that, in addition to collecting signatures demanding that the manager from Korea, who threw a chair at the worker, be deported from Serbia, they will also file a criminal complaint against the manager, and expect that the Leskovac police and the prosecutor's office will do the same.
Two female workers of the Korean factory "Jura" in Leskovac ended up in the Emergency Center of the General Hospital this morning after an incident that occurred in the production premises.
Almost 900 foreign citizens were caught during the inspection at the workplace without a work permit. Last year, over 45000 work permits were issued to foreigners, according to data from the Ministry of Labor and Employment, while local workers go to work.
From June 1, people from the Western Balkan countries can easily and quickly get a work visa for Germany. Of the total of 80.000 issued since the beginning of the year, half are for qualified workers
Due to the high temperatures in Greece, construction workers, food delivery workers, couriers or shipbuilders have to take a break from 12:17 to XNUMX:XNUMX. Much of Greece has been without or very little rain for months, and the islands are facing water shortages
The union announced that the company from Smederevo is inviting workers en masse and putting pressure on them to sign a mutual termination of the employment contract with compensation of 150.000 dinars.
Due to the start of negotiations with the factory management, the workers in Jura changed the dynamics of the strike. Labor law expert Mario Reljanović pointed out that it is very brave to strike against such employers
The event "Life and work in Slovenia" will be held on June 10 at the Sava Center in Belgrade, starting at 10 a.m. The goal is for workers who come to Slovenia from Serbia to get to know good employers and to know how to exercise their rights after arriving in this country.
Serbia is already seriously cramming with workers, and as of today, June 1, the doors of Germany are opening wide, which will employ up to 50.000 workers per year from the countries of the Western Balkans, twice as many as before. Will there be any craftsmen left in Serbia who are not already retired, and who are working?
During the year, 17 workers were employed and their average salary was supposed to be 97.577 dinars gross, which is about 62.000 dinars net, while the management, according to the plan, has an average net salary of about 255.000 dinars.
Of the countries where workers from Serbia would work, Austria, Germany, Switzerland and the USA are at the top, as well as Slovenia
"Much more is being done in Italy, France and other countries," said German Finance Minister Christian Lindner
