7 minutes agoAbout 400,000 citizens lost their jobs because of pandemic
Periskopi(6 years ago)
(6 years ago)Since March of this year, even when the pandemic began, some 400,000 people in Kosovo have lost their jobs. But if this trend continues, the number of those who lose their jobs because of the pandemic will rise to 60 thousand. These figures are given by the chairman of the Independent Sector Union. [...]
But if this trend continues, the number of those who lose their jobs because of the pandemic will rise to 60 thousand. These figures have been given to the chairman of the Independent Kosovo Private Sector Union, Yusuf Azemi.
Azem has said there are companies that continue to reduce the number of workers.
We currently have over 400,000 job losses. We think that by the beginning of September if this trend is continued, the figure will be reached over 60 thousand, but unfortunately those we have in business relations do not have full security because a large portion of companies are demanding that the number of workers be reduced”.
In such cases it is requiring workers to work on four hours' work, and their wages are reduced by 50 percent”, he said.
Speaking of this phenomenon, Azemi has said migration for many private sector workers has remained the only way out.
And for that, he has appealed to institutions to reflect in this direction, adding that there has never been such a serious situation for Kosovo private sector workers.
“Migration has been an active potential every time, which only as this pandemic has increased the reasons for private sector demands since the first moment conditions are created, because there is no good governance here, there is no idea how to deal with private sector workers”.
For every day, the chances of living here are being reduced because our state has definitely lost hope of dealing with these workers, and the only solution is to get out of Kosovo”, he said.
And for economic connoisseur, Mustafe Kadriaj most has hit gastronomy sector workers.
“There have been many businesses, especially the share of gastronomy and similar, and so the textile has not worked so hard, maybe they've been stopped at certain moments, so there's negative reflections and that's known, but that hoping with international co-operation and any such help, even in economic recovery, that little bit comes up to the local economy because more than ever we need international support”, he said. /EO
