Half-hour warning strike in all cultural institutions tomorrow from 10 to 10:30 a.m.

Member of the Main Board of the Cultural Union and coordinator for the northern region, Biljana Anđelić, told Vijesti that cultural institutions from Pljevlja will join the strike tomorrow.

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The Cultural Union of Montenegro announced that employees in all cultural institutions will go on a half-hour warning strike tomorrow, May 7th, which will be held from 10 am to 10:30 am at the employees' workplaces.

The reason for organizing the strike, according to the Union, is the failure to meet the demand for a 30 percent salary increase, despite, as they point out, rising inflation, the continuous increase in the price of basic foodstuffs and the fact that salaries in the public sector, especially in the field of culture, are among the lowest.

A warning strike will be carried out in all cultural institutions, and employees will stop work during the specified period in order to, in a symbolic way, point out their position and the need for an urgent solution to the salary problem in this area.

The statement from the Trade Union of Culture, signed by President Zorica Stijepović, states that the request for a salary increase was adopted at the Assembly of the Trade Union of Culture of Montenegro, and that the relevant Ministry of Culture has already been informed of this request through a series of letters, as well as through an earlier gathering of employees in front of the Ministry of Culture building in Cetinje.

The strike will be led by the Strike Committee consisting of: Nikola Borovinić, Dragan Vujačić and Jelena Stanojević.

The Union says that the warning strike is the first step in union activities, with the aim of encouraging those in charge to engage in dialogue and resolve the accumulated problems of employees in the cultural sector.

Member of the Main Board of the Cultural Union and coordinator for the northern region, Biljana Anđelić, told "Vijesti" that cultural institutions from Pljevlja will join the strike tomorrow.

"We are not striking against the founder. Our municipality also pays winter allowances, but the salaries are tied to the Branch Agreement in the field of culture and the municipality is powerless in this regard. We have an excellent relationship with the founder," said Anđelić.

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