Unions disagree on privatization

Poor privatizations have united striking workers in Serbia, who are demonstrating their disapproval, but have not united union leaders.

Izvor: Tanjug

Saturday, 15.08.2009.

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Poor privatizations have united striking workers in Serbia, who are demonstrating their disapproval, but have not united union leaders. Union leaders have differing stances regarding the completion of the privatization process of the remaining 300 public companies. Unions disagree on privatization While the Alliance of Independent Unions (SSS) believes that it is not wise to continue these privatizations, Independence officials state that these privatizations should be finished in record time. SSS President Ljubisav Orbovic said that in this moment, it is not wise to continue with the privatization of the remaining companies. He said that there is no interest in these companies, no real investors that would buy, adding that the worst solution would be to liquidate these companies. “I think that the best solution at this moment is for the state to become the owner, but to allow this to the workers or the management of these companies and to try and find a solution until better times arrive,” Orbovic said. Leader of the Independence union Branislav Canak, however, said that instead of revisions, which the workers and other unions are calling for, the remaining companies should be privatized in record time. “These are half-dead companies, which should not be on life support any longer and playing tricks on their employees. They should be privatized very quickly, in a week’s time,” Canak said. He said that this would end the parallel lives of the private and public properties, “which serve for various forms of misuse.” “I am afraid that they will start selling the water works, electro distribution, railway all out of desperation,” he said. Canak said that in December, Serbia will mark a shameful record, never seen before in the world—20 years since the beginning of privatization— which has yet to be finished. Stating that most countries finish this up in four years, he said that privatization is an “excellent business” for some people in Serbia, and that this is why the process is not being audited. According to data from the Privatization Agency, since 2002, 424 privatizations in Serbia have been nullified of a total 2,504, adding that the broken agreements have a total worth of about EUR 472mn.

Unions disagree on privatization

While the Alliance of Independent Unions (SSS) believes that it is not wise to continue these privatizations, Independence officials state that these privatizations should be finished in record time.

SSS President Ljubisav Orbović said that in this moment, it is not wise to continue with the privatization of the remaining companies.

He said that there is no interest in these companies, no real investors that would buy, adding that the worst solution would be to liquidate these companies.

“I think that the best solution at this moment is for the state to become the owner, but to allow this to the workers or the management of these companies and to try and find a solution until better times arrive,” Orbović said.

Leader of the Independence union Branislav Čanak, however, said that instead of revisions, which the workers and other unions are calling for, the remaining companies should be privatized in record time.

“These are half-dead companies, which should not be on life support any longer and playing tricks on their employees. They should be privatized very quickly, in a week’s time,” Čanak said.

He said that this would end the parallel lives of the private and public properties, “which serve for various forms of misuse.”

“I am afraid that they will start selling the water works, electro distribution, railway all out of desperation,” he said.

Čanak said that in December, Serbia will mark a shameful record, never seen before in the world—20 years since the beginning of privatization— which has yet to be finished.

Stating that most countries finish this up in four years, he said that privatization is an “excellent business” for some people in Serbia, and that this is why the process is not being audited.

According to data from the Privatization Agency, since 2002, 424 privatizations in Serbia have been nullified of a total 2,504, adding that the broken agreements have a total worth of about EUR 472mn.

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