Confederation of Autonomous Trade Unions of Serbia launches the initiative for the amendment of the Labour Law and Law on Strike. We demand our initiative be included in the agenda of the first meeting of the Social-Economic Council of the Republic of Serbia.
The Law on Strike was passed in 1996. Despite the amendments in 2005 and 2012, its provisions are outdated and do not relate to the changed economic conditions in Serbia in many aspects. At the same time, the demands to amend the Law were also sent by the branch trade unions within the CATUS because of extremely restrictive and inapplicable provisions of this Law.
For several years we have also been demanding the amendments to the Labour Law, whose enforcement in 2014 made collective bargaining at sector level impossible. What’s more, the signing of collective agreements was prevented due to unrealistic legal preconditions for their validity. In line with the above, changed economic and working conditions demand modern legal solutions and laws that will be respected and whose enforcement won’t diminish employees’ rights and dignity, as they are the most important resource of Serbia. This will prevent labour force from leaving the country.
We consider it necessary that the provisions of modern laws follow changes of economic structure, operations and development in the country. That is why we demand that the new laws be drafted as soon as possible and the Confederation of Autonomous Trade Unions of Serbia be included in the drafting as an equal participant whose arguments are respected.*CATUS President*
Ljubisav Orbović
The Law on Strike was passed in 1996. Despite the amendments in 2005 and 2012, its provisions are outdated and do not relate to the changed economic conditions in Serbia in many aspects. At the same time, the demands to amend the Law were also sent by the branch trade unions within the CATUS because of extremely restrictive and inapplicable provisions of this Law.
For several years we have also been demanding the amendments to the Labour Law, whose enforcement in 2014 made collective bargaining at sector level impossible. What’s more, the signing of collective agreements was prevented due to unrealistic legal preconditions for their validity. In line with the above, changed economic and working conditions demand modern legal solutions and laws that will be respected and whose enforcement won’t diminish employees’ rights and dignity, as they are the most important resource of Serbia. This will prevent labour force from leaving the country.
We consider it necessary that the provisions of modern laws follow changes of economic structure, operations and development in the country. That is why we demand that the new laws be drafted as soon as possible and the Confederation of Autonomous Trade Unions of Serbia be included in the drafting as an equal participant whose arguments are respected.*CATUS President*
Ljubisav Orbović
