More announcements of protest radicalization

Workers in Kuršumlija who were employed by public companies in Podujevo have announced a radicalization in their protests starting Monday.

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Workers in Kursumlija who were employed by public companies in Podujevo have announced a radicalization in their protests starting Monday. The workers have been protesting since Thursday in front of the Podujevo municipal building. More announcements of protest radicalization The 49 workers are demanding wages from the last ten years, work years linked since 1999, and rights to social benefits and pension insurance. According to striking committee official Ivan Savic, workers from Kosovo who worked in the same companies in Podujevo and are now living in Serbia have been given all these things, while those who traveled to their jobs from Kursumlija to Podujevo have not been compensated. “All of our colleagues we worked with in the same companies are receiving monetary compensation, and have linked work years and all other worker rights. Since we are not getting any monetary compensation from the territory of the Kursumlija municipality since 1999, these people have been hungry for 10 years, and they have gotten used to hunger, “ Savic said. “We hope that this will end positively and that we will be able to end the agony of these workers," he said. The workers began their protests in front of the municipal building on Thursday, but took over the municipal offices on Friday, which were moved from Podujevo to the public communal company building in Kursumlija. The striking committee stated that their demands have been given to state ministries, but that an answer has yet to be received. The workers will bring their families on Monday and will not allow employees to enter the building. Officials also said that a hunger strike would begin on Monday as well.

More announcements of protest radicalization

The 49 workers are demanding wages from the last ten years, work years linked since 1999, and rights to social benefits and pension insurance.

According to striking committee official Ivan Savić, workers from Kosovo who worked in the same companies in Podujevo and are now living in Serbia have been given all these things, while those who traveled to their jobs from Kuršumlija to Podujevo have not been compensated.

“All of our colleagues we worked with in the same companies are receiving monetary compensation, and have linked work years and all other worker rights. Since we are not getting any monetary compensation from the territory of the Kuršumlija municipality since 1999, these people have been hungry for 10 years, and they have gotten used to hunger, “ Savić said.

“We hope that this will end positively and that we will be able to end the agony of these workers," he said.

The workers began their protests in front of the municipal building on Thursday, but took over the municipal offices on Friday, which were moved from Podujevo to the public communal company building in Kuršumlija.

The striking committee stated that their demands have been given to state ministries, but that an answer has yet to be received.

The workers will bring their families on Monday and will not allow employees to enter the building.

Officials also said that a hunger strike would begin on Monday as well.

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