The main board of the Police Administration Trade Union held a session today, where the members, as reported by that body, took a unified position on the issue of salary reduction for April, and presented demands for an increase in the salary of employees in the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Police Administration and the signing of the Collective Agreement in as short a time as possible.
"The conclusions that were submitted to the employer in the form of a request are as follows: Refund of funds based on calculation of past work deducted from April salary and continuation of salary calculation according to the old system; Increase of salary for employees; Signing of a Special Collective Agreement in accordance with the Law on Internal Affairs, through which the issue of benefited seniority for all police officers will be finally and permanently resolved," the Main Board of the Union announced.
They said that they expect answers to the above-mentioned requests by May 26 by 15 p.m., and that, in case of non-fulfillment of the requests, a warning protest will be held in front of the MUP building from 12 p.m. to 13 p.m. a day later, after which a session of the Main committee where the decision on further steps will be taken.
"Appreciating Minister Adžić's expressed will to find the best solution for improving the standards of police officers through dialogue, our expectations are that the Ministry of Finance will find the best legal solutions to fulfill our demands in the shortest possible time, through legal modalities," the announcement concludes.
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