Some trade unions stage protest walk on May Day

Representatives of three organizations gathering trade unions in Serbia on Tuesday organized a May Day protest walk in downtown Belgrade.

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Tuesday, 01.05.2012.

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Representatives of three organizations gathering trade unions in Serbia on Tuesday organized a May Day protest walk in downtown Belgrade. Their members gathered to express their dissatisfaction with the position of the workers in the country. Some trade unions stage protest walk on May Day But the largest such organization - the United Branch Unions Independence - stayed out of the protest. Its leader, Branislav Canak, told B92 that "there's nothing to mark today", and said the reason was "the difficult situation faced by workers in Serbia". "Therefore, parading around would not make any sense," concluded Canak. This point of view was not shared by the Associated Unions of Serbia Concord, the New Health-Care Union, and the Police Union of Serbia, who took to the streets on Tuesday. They were joined by activists of the Young Communist League of Yugoslavia (SKOJ9, as well as the People's Communist Part of Yugoslavia (NKPJ). The participants spoke against the manner in which most Serbians mark the two-day non-working public holiday - with picnics and barbecues - and said that instead, they should gather on May Day to pay respects to the victims from the ranks of the working class. "The working class and industry are non-existent, laws are being adopted to serve capital and interests groups," one of the union leaders, Zlatko Bekic, said, and called for "solidarity and struggle": "In our country workers are being demeaned, because they are being represented abroad as cheap labor. It is in the interest of the state system to create cheap and unskilled labor force." Veljko Mijailovic of the police union told B92 earlier today that the protest would have symbolic value, and was aimed at drawing the attention to the problems faced by workers everywhere. Meanwhile, the Alliance of Independent Unions of Serbia (SSSS) issued a statement on Tuesday to say that "honest wages, decent work and social security" were the minimum expected by Serbia's workers. (Beta) B92 Beta

Some trade unions stage protest walk on May Day

But the largest such organization - the United Branch Unions Independence - stayed out of the protest. Its leader, Branislav Čanak, told B92 that "there's nothing to mark today", and said the reason was "the difficult situation faced by workers in Serbia".

"Therefore, parading around would not make any sense," concluded Čanak.

This point of view was not shared by the Associated Unions of Serbia Concord, the New Health-Care Union, and the Police Union of Serbia, who took to the streets on Tuesday.

They were joined by activists of the Young Communist League of Yugoslavia (SKOJ9, as well as the People's Communist Part of Yugoslavia (NKPJ).

The participants spoke against the manner in which most Serbians mark the two-day non-working public holiday - with picnics and barbecues - and said that instead, they should gather on May Day to pay respects to the victims from the ranks of the working class.

"The working class and industry are non-existent, laws are being adopted to serve capital and interests groups," one of the union leaders, Zlatko Bekić, said, and called for "solidarity and struggle":

"In our country workers are being demeaned, because they are being represented abroad as cheap labor. It is in the interest of the state system to create cheap and unskilled labor force."

Veljko Mijailović of the police union told B92 earlier today that the protest would have symbolic value, and was aimed at drawing the attention to the problems faced by workers everywhere.

Meanwhile, the Alliance of Independent Unions of Serbia (SSSS) issued a statement on Tuesday to say that "honest wages, decent work and social security" were the minimum expected by Serbia's workers.

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