Bujišić and Drobnjak: When someone doesn't have answers to questions, it's easiest to accuse the President of the trade union

The presidents of the two trade union organizations of the Pljevlja Vodovod, Jovan Bujišić and Goran Drobnjak, reacted to the statement of the CEO of that company, Mladen Dragašević, who accused them of being more involved in politics than the work of the company and that they have to take care of the interests of the workers and not only their personal interests.

We transmit their response as a whole:

"After the reaction of the Executive Director of VDI to our announcement, we are obliged for the sake of the public, and above all the employees of DOO "Vodovod" Pljevlja, to clarify and give answers to certain allegations. Our announcement of 09.11.2022 was first of all addressed to the President of the Board of Directors, so we did not sure in which capacity the VDI of the executive director explains the decisions and work of the board itself.

Mr. Dragašević only needed to respond to one of those statements, and he did not respond to that alone. Why did he not inform the Board of Directors about the decision of the Tax Administration? With what right did he allow the deadline to expire, which according to the decision was until November 5.11.2022, 7.11.2022, and thereby jeopardized the signing of the reprogram and brought DOO "Vodovod" to the possibility of account blocking. director stated that that deadline is 15.11.2022/XNUMX/XNUMX (which can be confirmed by other members of the Board of Directors). Where do you get the right to independently make decisions on such an important issue for the future of the entire Waterworks, when the Board of Directors is solely responsible for such important decisions.

It is clear to us that when someone does not have an answer to these questions, the easiest way is to accuse the President of the trade union of engaging in politics and fighting for personal interests, and not to provide a single concrete proof, because you do not have any, Mr. Dragašević.

But we will visit you if the workers did not accuse us union presidents of political pressure and persecution for years, but you, Mr. Dragašević, and as for your concern with our trade union activities, we must also visit you if the workers accused you of putting pressure on them to join "Your" union, and we are sure you know that the law prohibits the interference of directors in the work of the union.

Since you are already dealing with the way of work of the Board of Directors, we are only obliged to state Article 87 of the Collective Agreement DOO "Vodovod" Pljevlja, which reads:

The employer is obliged to request and consider the opinion and proposals of the trade union before making a decision of essential importance for the professional and economic interests of the employees, the collective dismissal of employees and the systematization of workplaces.

(2) In the cases referred to in paragraph 1 of this article, the employer is obliged to notify the representative of the trade union at the appropriate level in a timely manner, and no later than five days before the meeting, in order to attend the meetings of the employer's bodies, where submitted opinions and proposals are considered and decisions of essential importance for professional and economic interests of employees"

It is clear that the Board of Directors was obliged to invite all representative representatives of the trade union to the meeting of the Board of Directors where decisions are made, i.e. decisions of major importance are made.

When you talk about inherited financial debts, let us remind you that you were just part of the management, as assistant director for economic and legal affairs, and that most of these debts are from that period. Do we need to remind you about our struggle and the struggle of workers against illegal reduction salary to the workers, while the management of which you were a part received awards every month for "good" work, and later DOO "Vodovod" had to pay the costs of courts and lawyers due to lost disputes.

It is true that we did business positively in 2021, but the Board of Directors knows the state in which they found the company in April 2021 and how much trouble they, together with the unions and the then CEO, had to save the company from certain bankruptcy, and you and in 2021, as an assistant director for economic and legal affairs, you boycotted the work of the Board of Directors and did not want to participate in anything, so the credit for positive business goes to you at least.

And as for 2022 and positive business, we will just ask you a question: is the six-month report submitted to the Board of Directors an indicator of positive or negative business? The President of the Board of Directors can also answer this question. That is why, at the end of this announcement, we appeal to the President of the Municipality and the Secretary for Housing, Communal Activities, Transport and Water to get involved as soon as possible in solving the problems that have arisen and to jointly find a way and a model for solving tax obligations, so that due to the expiration of deadlines and the failure of individuals would lead to the cancellation of the decision of the Tax Administration and the blocking of the account of DOO "Vodovod" Pljevlja.

Union organizations will continue as before to protect the rights of workers and to fight so that nobody's irresponsibility threatens the work of DOO "Vodovod", and therefore the earnings of the employees", it is stated in the reaction signed by the presidents of the union organizations of Vodovod, Jovan Bujišić and Goran Drobnjak .