Rmandić did not submit the requests, he was repeatedly disciplined

Railway transport announced that their employee Mirko Rmandić suddenly started a hunger strike this morning in the business premises of that company, which was not previously announced, nor did he officially submit to the management the reasons for going on strike, as well as the demands.

"Regarding the alleged violation of the right to work, Mirko Rmandić, on the basis of a personal request sent to the executive director on 06.09.2021, was assigned to the position of car attendant in the Passenger Transport Unit Bar. His request was met even after a medical examination and an extraordinary medical examination. periodic exam, which was necessary since Mr. Rmandić had not performed these tasks for a long time, the appointed person was assigned to the position of car attendant," said Željeznički Prevoz.

He performed that job until the day when he was detained by CB Podgorica for transporting things that were found in the car under his supervision, and in question was a large amount of medication, as well as the transportation of live animals, i.e. 6 puppies without proper documentation. As this kind of behavior of car attendants is contrary to Rulebook 109 (Regulation on the provision of services in sleeping cars), as well as the Rulebook on the responsibility of employees of ŽPCG, ŽPCG initiated liability proceedings against this employee in such a way that he was removed from the Company until the end of the disciplinary procedure , and according to the report of the Police Administration. At the disciplinary hearing, the degree of responsibility of the employee was unequivocally determined, which, among other things, is reflected in the damage to the company's reputation in the specific case due to his fault and the misuse of the vehicle entrusted to him to supervise," announced the Railway Transport. They state that "appreciating the mentioned omission in work which cannot be treated otherwise except as intentional", the disciplinary authority imposed the measure of conditional termination of the employment relationship. Annex to the contract for the position of information worker at the Bar station, in the Unit where he was previously assigned. Otherwise, in order to organize the work in Jednica passenger transport Bar, car attendants are assigned to other workplaces as necessary in accordance with the Annex to the employment contract. Bearing in mind the above, as well as the fact that disciplinary proceedings were conducted against him due to violations of work obligations in the earlier period, and because of them he was removed from the Company earlier, we believe that the employee's rights to work are not threatened. The ŽPCG will not comment on the comments on the page of the NGO Vozom krna Gora, one of the founders of which is Mirko Rmandić, which contain insults and untruths against our company. We believe that every employee has the opportunity and obligation to inform about all irregularities and requests first of all to the management, and then to other instances and the public if there is no solution. "Mr. Rmandić was offered a discussion about the demands by the management, which he refused," they stated from Railway Transport.

The company states that after Rmandić officially submits his requests to the management of ŽPCG and is ready for a conversation, they are ready to talk with him in order to "achieve a reasonable solution that implies equality for all employees regarding respect for work and technological discipline and respect for valid regulations and instructions."