Employees of the company Crnagoraput today held a warning strike for an hour due to, as they say, extremely difficult conditions in which they work and inadequate income.
The union representative of that company says that the workers were intimidated by the employer after the decision to stop work for one hour.
Higher wages and field allowance, as well as the introduction of daily wages, are just some of the demands that the disgruntled workers are demanding, for which they held a one-hour warning strike today.
"The current situation in our company is that the workers are almost brought to a certain level of slavery and starvation. I say slavery, because they spend their working hours traveling from all the cities of Montenegro every day, and that is not counted in their working hours, and for so much working time they do not have provided no food, no daily allowance, no field allowance," said Vlado Čepić, president of the Montenegro Road union.
Čepić points out that the gross earnings of most workers are around 570 euros, and that they do not receive daily wages, even though, as he says, the Social Council recently said that they are entitled to them. In addition, he claims that due to today's decision they suffered pressure.
"Since yesterday, the employer has been going from construction site to construction site, raiding the workers, telling them some stories that are not true in some parts. We will consult with the legal entity of the Union of Free Trade Unions about further action," said Čepić.
They also warn that employees have problems with obtaining indefinite contracts, i.e. decisions on permanent employment. Čepić says that they submitted a decision to the employer in which they asked him to solve their long-standing problems, but that this was not met with a positive response.
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