Serbia - Railway factory strike - August 31, 2017

Workers from the GOŠA factory have organised a blockade of the international Belgrade-Thessaloniki railway line and the road to the factory. The workers have been on strike for 100 days, after not receiving their salary and benefits for 15 months. The GOŠA factory produces trams and railway carriages. It was one of the most important industrial plants in the former Yugoslavia. In 2007, the plant was privatized and sold to a Slovakian company, ŽOS. Due to the sale, the workers have no clear negotiating partner. Trade unions also hold state institutions – the labour ministry, the ministry of the economy and particularly the finance ministry – responsible for tolerating unpaid taxes by the company for more than a year.

English: http://www.industriall-union.org/international-unions-join-striking-workers ...  

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