Workers go without wages for eight years

Workers in a Kragujevac factory who haven't been paid their wages for the past eight years are on a strike, reports from this central Serbia town say.

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Saturday, 31.01.2009.

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Workers in a Kragujevac factory who haven't been paid their wages for the past eight years are on a strike, reports from this central Serbia town say. The company, Partizan Kragujevac, has also failed to pay their health and pension insurance for the past five years. For this reason, some of the older workers cannot retire. Workers go without wages for eight years The total amount of money their employer owes them has been put at RSD 185mn, workers' representatives say. Striking committee leader Svetozar Bojanic says that this form of protest has been ongoing for the past two months, and that the workers sought help from Kragujevac Mayor Veroljub Stevanovic. They warned that 120 people working will drive the company into bankruptcy unless their pension insurance money is paid immediately. Partizan underwent two privatizations, and Bojanic accuses "criminal elements" of illegally taking over land that belongs to the company. Although the meeting with Stevnovic was said to have turned into "a fierce debate", the mayor supported the strikers. "We will organized a meeting where police will be present, meaning corporate crime [police], and the Privatization Agency representatives, as well as people from a court, another court, and the Tax Administration, the Health Fund," Stevanovic was quoted as saying. The Kragujevac mayor also said that this meeting can be expected next week, "on Tuesday or Thursday".

Workers go without wages for eight years

The total amount of money their employer owes them has been put at RSD 185mn, workers' representatives say.

Striking committee leader Svetozar Bojanić says that this form of protest has been ongoing for the past two months, and that the workers sought help from Kragujevac Mayor Veroljub Stevanović.

They warned that 120 people working will drive the company into bankruptcy unless their pension insurance money is paid immediately.

Partizan underwent two privatizations, and Bojanić accuses "criminal elements" of illegally taking over land that belongs to the company.

Although the meeting with Stevnović was said to have turned into "a fierce debate", the mayor supported the strikers.

"We will organized a meeting where police will be present, meaning corporate crime [police], and the Privatization Agency representatives, as well as people from a court, another court, and the Tax Administration, the Health Fund," Stevanović was quoted as saying.

The Kragujevac mayor also said that this meeting can be expected next week, "on Tuesday or Thursday".

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