Montenegro
Social state: Montenegrins should work seven hours a day
Whether the working hours in Montenegro will be an hour shorter and from when will be known after the negotiations led by the Government, representative trade unions and employers
International Labor Day
May Day protests: "We continue our fight against corruption"
Protests across Serbia were held on International Labor Day, when it marked six months since the fall of the railway station canopy in Novi Sad. What happened in Belgrade, Novi Sad and Niš?
Germany
Strike at airports: Thousands of flights cancelled
Thousands of flights were canceled in Germany due to strikes at 13 airports. The employees are asking for a raise of eight percent, or at least 350 euros, and more free time
Kragujevac
Warning strike of social workers
Employees of the Center for Social Work "Solidarnost" from Kragujevac point out that the conditions in which they work are degrading
System crisis
Social workers strike: Neglected, undervalued, overworked
The strike is slowly spreading through Serbia. The suspension of the work of workers in the social protection system was announced for February 14. What is the position of the workers? What are their problems? Is this system also in crisis?
Employee meeting
A protest has been announced in front of the Republic Geodetic Institute
Employees of the Republic Geodetic Institute (RGZ) are organizing a protest on Monday, February 3, in order to draw attention to what they say is systemic repression of union members.
Protests and blockades
Unions of the Republic Geodetic Institute announced a protest
Unions of the Republic Geodetic Institute have announced a protest for January 27 due to "repression by the administration" against their membership. Soon, the management of RGZ came forward and denied those claims
Electric power industry of Serbia
Support for students: TENT workers went on strike
"In this way, our trade union wanted to send public support to the students who are leading a serious fight against corruption, and for a better future and the country," Dragoslav Ljubičić, president of the strike committee of the Nezavisnost EPS Trade Union, told "Vreme"
Education unions
The government invited educators to negotiations
The Prime Minister of Serbia, Miloš Vučević, announced that the meeting with educators will be scheduled for January 9, and in the meantime, the trade unions received an official invitation.
Education unions
"By shortening the semester, the Government would force teachers to break the law"
"The decision to shorten the semester would call into question the procedure according to the Rulebook on student evaluation, which is part of the current Law on the Basics of the Education and Training System," union representatives of educational workers told "Vreme".
Education
The number of schools under legal suspension has increased
The response of the Government of Serbia to the union's proposal for a collective agreement is expected in the next seven to ten days, and if that response were in accordance with the demands of the educators, it could lead to the termination of the strike.
Strike
Educator's protest: Possible radicalization, fear of dismissal decreasing
Aleksandar Makov from the Forum of Belgrade High Schools tells "Vreme" that if a common language is not found with the Government, radicalization of the protest is also possible.
Republic Geodetic Institute
The RGZ trade unions called on Minister Vesić to review the work of that institution
In a letter to the Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure, Goran Vesić, the unions stated that more than 80 percent of the employees of the RGZ are very interested in his ministry taking steps in accordance with the legal powers, initiating supervision and reviewing the decisions made by the management of the RGZ in recent years
Education
Education unions: Work stoppage on September 16 and protests across Serbia
The Education Unions announced a work stoppage on September 16 and protests in cities across Serbia. They cite the unfulfilled promises of the Government as the reason
Social protection
Vučić to the unions: The minimum of 52.000 dinars is enough for you
On Thursday, August 15, negotiations on the amount of the final salary will begin. The unions have said how much they are asking for, but Vučić is offering less, even though he has no authority to do so. The President of Serbia believes that the minimum wage should be lower than the minimum consumer basket
Lazarevac
Slaves or miners: EPS workers' protest announced in Lazarevac
The account of the Solidarity Fund of the Workers' Union of Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) in the Poštanska štedionica bank has been blocked since January 6, 2023. That is why the working body "Jedinstvo Kolubara" has scheduled a protest in Lazarevac on Miners' Day on August 6
Comment
Goodbye social democracy, you were an interesting phenomenon
Having lost its connection with the layer of the working population - not to mention the proletariat, which, admittedly, as described by Marx, no longer exists - social democracy in Germany loses its meaning and slowly becomes unemployed. Its role was taken over by party-neutral but powerful trade unions
Personal attitude
Muddy water strike
If it is taken into account that every employee in Serbia allocates funds from his salary to the health care fund, that the employer is also obliged to insure all employees, then the question arises of the actual purpose of funds from solidarity funds, i.e. where are the funds from RFZZ if the treatment of employees is "helped" from union funds
Economy
Agreed minimum, but they won't tell us how much it is yet
The official news was that yesterday's meeting of union representatives, employers and the Government ended without an agreement, and then that an agreement was reached after all. Details will be announced on September 7
Economy
No agreement on the minimum wage: The state offers 47.000
The unions state that the request to first negotiate the correction of the minimum wage for this year, and only then for the next year, has not been fulfilled.
Economy
Rejected minimum wage increase for this year
The unions propose to increase the minimum wage by at least ten percent this year from September, and then by around 20 percent next year.
Economy
Negotiations on the minimum wage, the height of which has already been determined by Vučić
The current minimum wage is around 40.000. The trade unions are asking for it to be increased to 50.000 dinars already this year. The President of Serbia said that the minimum wage in 2024 will be 400 euros
Education
Unions: Still without instructions on the start of the school year
The spokeswoman of the Nezavisnost Educators' Union, Vesna Vojvodić Mitrović, said that it sounds unreasonable, even impossible, that three months after the mass murders, there is no clear and thoughtful response from the Government and the Ministry.
Labor rights
Prohibition of working on Sundays: No, Vučić, and those who don't like it can move
In Serbia, not only is the ban on working on Sundays not considered, but work on formally non-working days is not even paid more. On this topic, the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, says that "as long as he lives, he will not accept Sunday being a non-working day", and the unions are failing to fight for the workers' rights that they should defend.
Personal attitude
Bringing people to the "Rally of Hope": A general strike should be declared
"Whoever doesn't come to the rally on Friday, feel free not to come to work on Monday!", said Pavle Petrović, a progressive cadre and one of the founders of the SNS board in Obrenovac, the newly re-elected director of JP "Poslovni prostor Obrenovac". The unions are silent on this, instead of declaring a general strike
Comment
Trade unions in Serbia: Service for flour and pork halves
In the West, workers have been fighting bloody for their rights for more than a century. Trade union struggles were difficult, dangerous, often hopeless, but new generations of workers continued where previous generations had left off, kept what was won and expanded the space of freedom. In our country, trade unions were and remain only a service that deals with the organization of the delivery of flour and pork halves, and not a locomotive of a single composition that grabs freedom by the rails.
Labor rights
"Sloga" trade union: There is great social inequality in Serbia
The United Trade Unions of Serbia "Sloga" warned that Serbia is increasingly becoming a society of great social inequality in which the majority of citizens are poor, while the minority creates a false image of well-being