Another employee of the Railway Transport (ŽPCG) was fired because he did not sign the annex to the employment contract, which would oblige him not to work at the same time in that and other companies. Dismissals were handed out on the same basis, the day before yesterday, for two more employees in this company.
The deadline for signing the annex has expired for another 43 train drivers and car inspectors, who believe they will be fired, "Vijesti" learns.
Minister of Transport Maja Vukićević will therefore talk with the ŽPCG trade unions today, in order to find a solution to this issue. The annexes were offered after that department sent an inspection to ŽPCG, which determined that their workers were doing the same jobs in parallel in that and other companies. Amendments to the contract would prohibit this.
At the press conference yesterday, the workers pointed out that they want the withdrawal of the annex and cancellation of the dismissal, because otherwise they will demand the resignation of the executive director of ŽPCG Dragana Lukšić and the Board of Directors.
"This is legal fraud, someone is trying to force us to sign, which we are not obliged to do. It is a collapse of the system because there are no inspectors and train drivers at the labor office, let them ask themselves how the trains will start," he said outside the United Trade Union. Miroslav Babović, who added that he will file criminal charges against the management.
Train traffic has been at a standstill for days, and Lukšić said the day before yesterday that the problems were caused by workers who remove trains from the tracks due to minor defects and demand higher wages.
President of the Trade Union Organization of Train Drivers Dejan Zaric stated that they are acting executive directors Slavica Pavićević demanded higher salaries and that they were promised that this would happen when the director is appointed for the full term. Lukšić was appointed in mid-October.
"We received an annex from the new director for her management, there is a request to increase the coefficients from 12 to 15, which is an increase of 200 to 300 euros for the sector directors and her associates. We have decided that the salaries of the employees should be resolved first," Žarić pointed out.
Lukšić previously said that there will be no higher salaries due to the financial condition of ŽPCG.
The workers also received the support of the Union of Free Trade Unions, of which he is the general secretary Srđa Keković said that the dismissals were illegal and that they had also written to the Ministry of Labor, so that the inspection would urgently check compliance with the Labor Law in ŽPCG. He added that the company cannot lay off workers because of the unsigned annex.
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