In a letter addressed to Serbian PM, Đuro Macut, CATUS Council calls on the Government of Serbia to resolve numerous issues that employees and companies face on a daily basis.
Raising living costs, low purchasing power, layoffs in the real sector and extremely low wages, especially in the sector of culture, are just some of the problems affecting citizens.
For this reason, we insisted on the establishment of the Operational Team which would daily cooperate with trade union in order to resolve issues. Unfortunately, our expectations were beyond possibilities and true desire of the authorities.
Operational team that has sporadic meetings has failed to produce results, increasing distrust in institutions and contributing to employees’ dissatisfaction. As a result, workers are increasingly resorting to strikes and public protests.
Although we continue to advocate for social dialogue, as the best way to exit the crisis, we won’t refrain from calling on our members to look for solutions outside institutional framework.
We nevertheless hope that this won’t be necessary, and the authorities will finally understand that it is not possible to find appropriate solutions in the interest of citizens and economy without the involvement of workers and their representatives.
