The workers of the Foundry in the company Uniprom KAP, 28 of them, fear that they will lose their jobs and have informed the Union of Free Trade Unions (USS) that the plant is shutting down.
"It is expected that an ultimatum will soon be presented to the workers of the Foundry, as they fear: either you will take severance pay (according to the government's social program) and leave KAP, or you will move to another factory and be hired through an employment mediation agency", the information is USS, announced by "Vijesti".
The boss of Uniprom KAP, Veselin Pejović, claims that the workers of the KAP Foundry will not lose their jobs, if they do not want to leave. He, however, hinted that in the event of a temporary stoppage in this facility, the workers will be assigned to the other two modernized factories within KAP, and claims that they would do this without the agency's intervention.
"The foundry has been overhauled, and we will evaluate whether it is more profitable for us to sell T-ingots or billets (seven meters long) whose trial production has begun," Pejović told "Vijesta".
The bankruptcy of Kombinat, which was managed by the companies of Russian businessman Oleg Deripaska, was initiated by the state in July 2013, and after the tender - its assets and aluminum production have been managed by Veselin Pejović's company Uniprom KAP since mid-July 2014.
We are not firing, we need more workers
Pejović pointed out that since he took over the production, around 500 people have always worked at Unipro KAP, that he plans to hire around 20-30 more workers and that he does not want to lay off workers.
When asked whether it is true that the bankruptcy administration of KAP will no longer hire workers of the Foundry, but also the remaining workers for the needs of Uniprom KAP and sign fixed-term employment contracts with them, but that in the future they will be hired through a licensed employment agency , Pejović replied:
"This is the first time I have heard of such a thing. While I'm here, there will be no agencies. It can only happen that they work for a long time within some other special company. It is important that the workers, as well as everyone else, know that you cannot work in KAP as it was the case in 1974, because you know very well how it ended in 2013".
The Union of Trade Unions claim that what the workers of the Foundry are now afraid of, in the future, according to their announcements, may also affect the employees of KAP Electrolysis.
"If someone were to decide to leave KAP, the issue of unpaid benefited seniority for the previous seven years, as long as KAP was in bankruptcy, remains open to them," the USS noted.
KAP in bankruptcy is demanding 8,72 million from the state
KAP in bankruptcy sued the state of Montenegro, because based on the November 2009 settlement, EUR 8,72 million was not paid based on the full amount of the subsidy for electricity.
The case is with judge Senada Hasanagić.
Judge-spokesperson Danijela Vukčević, answering questions from "Vijesti", announced that the lawsuit was filed on March 2 this year, that a preliminary hearing was held, and the main hearing was scheduled for December 15.
Subsidy lawsuit
"The plaintiff in this legal matter demands from the defendant the payment of the amount of 8.720.000 euros, which, according to the allegations in the lawsuit, Montenegro did not pay to the plaintiff in the name of the full amount of the subsidy for electricity as agreed in Article 11.3 of the settlement agreement. It was concluded between the Development Fund, the PIO Fund, the Employment Agency, the State of Montenegro, CEAC Holdings Limited with its seat in Cyprus, En+Group Limited with its seat in the State of Jersey, Kombinat aluminijuma AD Podgorica and Rudnik Bauxite AD Nikšić on November 16, 2009. year", explained the Commercial Court.
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