Striking worker "cuts off, eats own finger"

A worker who on Friday in Novi Pazar cut off his own finger, and then ate it in protest, has been released from hospital but is in a "difficult condition".

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Saturday, 25.04.2009.

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A worker who on Friday in Novi Pazar cut off his own finger, and then ate it in protest, has been released from hospital but is in a "difficult condition". Zoran Bulatovic is the leader of a hunger strike group and the chairman of an association gathering textile workers in this southwestern Serbian town. Striking worker "cuts off, eats own finger" According to reports, his radical move came "due to the state's careless approach toward the hungry workers in that area". Bulatovic underwent medical treatment on Friday for his injury and is now back with the strikers, "in a difficult condition". He has stated that he would not give up on the demands to have their overdue salaries paid. Today, he announced that the strikers would "radicalize their protest" starting Monday. The radicalization will include the strikers "eating one finger each day" until their demands have been met. Deputy Citizens' Ombudsman Goran Basic, meantime, met with the strikers last night, and describes the situation as "very serious". The workers have announced they would "cut off a part of their bodies each day". "I have tried persuading them to desist from their intention to cut off body parts, but it is not my impression that anyone can persuade them without concrete measures," said he. Basic added that his boss, Ombudsman Sasa Jankovic, would undertake all measures in line with laws regulating social and labor rights when it comes to the Novi Pazar case. The workers, employed by Raska Holding Company, "trust Mayor Mirsad Djerlek, but not the state organs that can resolve the situation," Basic continued. He pointed to the Privatization Agency and the Ministry of Economy as the likely institutions that can help in the case.

Striking worker "cuts off, eats own finger"

According to reports, his radical move came "due to the state's careless approach toward the hungry workers in that area".

Bulatović underwent medical treatment on Friday for his injury and is now back with the strikers, "in a difficult condition". He has stated that he would not give up on the demands to have their overdue salaries paid.

Today, he announced that the strikers would "radicalize their protest" starting Monday. The radicalization will include the strikers "eating one finger each day" until their demands have been met.

Deputy Citizens' Ombudsman Goran Bašić, meantime, met with the strikers last night, and describes the situation as "very serious". The workers have announced they would "cut off a part of their bodies each day".

"I have tried persuading them to desist from their intention to cut off body parts, but it is not my impression that anyone can persuade them without concrete measures," said he.

Bašić added that his boss, Ombudsman Saša Janković, would undertake all measures in line with laws regulating social and labor rights when it comes to the Novi Pazar case.

The workers, employed by Raška Holding Company, "trust Mayor Mirsad Đerlek, but not the state organs that can resolve the situation," Bašić continued.

He pointed to the Privatization Agency and the Ministry of Economy as the likely institutions that can help in the case.

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