Employers, unions announce protests

While the government is looking for solution to the economic crisis, employers are announced that they will take to the streets in protest. The Employers Association of Serbia (UPS) stated on Friday that it will organize a protest in front of the government headquarters if the state does not pay damages to them resulting from the gas crisis in January. Employers, unions announce protests The Serbian government said in response that they cannot be held accountable for the gas shortage last winter, which came as a consequence of a dispute between Russia and Ukraine. UPS Assembly President Nebojsa Atanackovic told B92 that the government is clearly not taking concrete measures to help solve the problems in the country. “The Association does not agree with many of the details in the government’s proposals, especially with changing proposals, so that we still do not have a definitive decision from the government on how it intends to affect the crisis,” Atanackovic said. He added that he will have to call a protest to shine some light on the problem if the government does not announce its measures for combating the crisis soon. “We will first try to hear what the measures of the government are, and then oppose the measures with arguments, if we find that they will be bad for the position of business leaders,” he said. “After that we will see how we'll react. Probably by opposing these measure publicly and with other measures which will be made public at that time,” Atanackovic continued. The Economy Ministry stated that there were not invited to a meeting by the UPS, adding that the price of gas and gas supply is an issue for the Energy Ministry, Energy Agency and Srbijagas public natural gas company At the same time, the representatives of the the Independent Association of Unions of Serbia announced that they would organize protests and strikes because of the announce measures of the government to tackle the crisis, explaining that they would be detrimental for workers. The first protest is planned for April 29.

Employers, unions announce protests

The Serbian government said in response that they cannot be held accountable for the gas shortage last winter, which came as a consequence of a dispute between Russia and Ukraine.

UPS Assembly President Nebojša Atanacković told B92 that the government is clearly not taking concrete measures to help solve the problems in the country.

“The Association does not agree with many of the details in the government’s proposals, especially with changing proposals, so that we still do not have a definitive decision from the government on how it intends to affect the crisis,” Atanacković said.

He added that he will have to call a protest to shine some light on the problem if the government does not announce its measures for combating the crisis soon.

“We will first try to hear what the measures of the government are, and then oppose the measures with arguments, if we find that they will be bad for the position of business leaders,” he said.

“After that we will see how we'll react. Probably by opposing these measure publicly and with other measures which will be made public at that time,” Atanacković continued.

The Economy Ministry stated that there were not invited to a meeting by the UPS, adding that the price of gas and gas supply is an issue for the Energy Ministry, Energy Agency and Srbijagas public natural gas company

At the same time, the representatives of the the Independent Association of Unions of Serbia announced that they would organize protests and strikes because of the announce measures of the government to tackle the crisis, explaining that they would be detrimental for workers. The first protest is planned for April 29.