7 hours agoUnionists warn protest on 1 May, demand salary increases
Periskopi(a year ago)
(a year ago)Representatives of public sector workers in Kosovo have warned protests on 1 May. The protest will begin at 12: 00 a.m. and will focus on raising salaries, establishing the Labour Court, respecting labour rights, implementing collective agreement and other issues. Chairman of the New Trade Union Corporation [...]
The protest will begin at 12: 00 a.m. and will focus on raising salaries, establishing the Labour Court, respecting labour rights, implementing collective agreement and other issues.
New Trade Corporation of Kosovo Chairman Nedzat Llumnica raised concerns about the conditions workers are working on in Kosovo, until he said that wages are low.
The consumer basket is up, the salary is down to percentage, so our main requirement is to raise salaries. KEK workers die in the workplace as a result of professional diseases and are not paid off either. Their salaries are low for the work they do”, he said.
Ibrahim Januzi, chairman of the Independent Union of Trepca Miners, also expressed the miners' dissatisfaction with the working conditions.
It is necessary to express our frustrations. The 1 May date marks calls for protest. It is imperative that all those who are dissatisfied express their dissatisfaction”, he added.
Unionists and representatives of initiatives opposing price hikes in Kosovo said the rise in the price of electricity and the new wave of price hikes from businesses have burdened the economic conditions of workers in the country. So they even called for work towards wage increases, RTK reports, broadcasts Periscope
