Unions warn government ahead of meeting

A trade unions negotiating team is set to meet with PM Mirko Cvetković in Belgrade this Friday.

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Friday, 29.10.2010.

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A trade unions negotiating team is set to meet with PM Mirko Cvetkovic in Belgrade this Friday. They will discuss the draft changes to the Pension and Disability Insurance Law which was sent back to parliament this week unchanged, after it was withdrawn from procedure the week before. Unions warn government ahead of meeting The unions are unhappy that the government forwarded the draft to MPs without previously discussing it at the Social-Economic Council. The nine-member trade unions team will seek to persuade the government that their objections are well-founded and that unless they are accepted, the current and future pensioners will find themselves in a considerably worse position. "This is not simply our struggle against the changes and amendments to the PIO law, this is an uprising of Serbia against the economic and social conditions in which will live," said Ranka Savic of the Association of Free and Independent Unions, and added that the protest was also against having all troubles faced by society being solved at the detriment of workers. The prime minister invited union officials to talks as they warned that, unless their demands were met, they would start collecting signatures to force the government's dismissal, and organize warning strikes and street protests. The unions object to the draft law provisions concerning retirement age for women, harmonizing of pensions with average salaries, and determining their lowest amount, which is 60 percent of the average monthly wage.

Unions warn government ahead of meeting

The unions are unhappy that the government forwarded the draft to MPs without previously discussing it at the Social-Economic Council.

The nine-member trade unions team will seek to persuade the government that their objections are well-founded and that unless they are accepted, the current and future pensioners will find themselves in a considerably worse position.

"This is not simply our struggle against the changes and amendments to the PIO law, this is an uprising of Serbia against the economic and social conditions in which will live," said Ranka Savić of the Association of Free and Independent Unions, and added that the protest was also against having all troubles faced by society being solved at the detriment of workers.

The prime minister invited union officials to talks as they warned that, unless their demands were met, they would start collecting signatures to force the government's dismissal, and organize warning strikes and street protests.

The unions object to the draft law provisions concerning retirement age for women, harmonizing of pensions with average salaries, and determining their lowest amount, which is 60 percent of the average monthly wage.

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