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Trade Union Asks for Higher Minimum Wage

As Serbian President, Aleksandar Vučić, said that the minimum wage would amount to 51,000RSD (436EUR) - 52,000RSD (444EUR), Zoran Mihajlović, CATUS Secretary explained that the trade union was not satisfied with this salary because it was below the minimum...

Initiative to Amend Occupational Health and Safety Law

In order to protect employees’ health and safety, at the Presidency session of the Confederation of Autonomous Trade Unions of Serbia, held on July 24, 2024, an initiative to urgently amend the Law on Occupational Health and Safety was...

Upcoming Negotiations on Minimum Wage

Negotiations in the Social-Economic Council (SEC) are to begin in the middle of August. Zoran Mihajlović, Secretary of the Confederation of Autonomous Trade Unions of Serbia, says that preparation for the negotiations on the minimum wage is well under...

Agreements with Slovenia and Germany Guarantee Equality for Serbian Workers

Serbian worker who temporarily works in Germany and Slovenia has the same rights as a local worker thanks to the agreements that Serbia made with those countries. This entails that posted workers go to those countries through the National...

Agreements with Slovenia and Germany Guarantee Equality for Serbian Workers

Serbian worker who temporarily works in Germany and Slovenia has the same rights as a local worker thanks to the agreements that Serbia made with those countries. This entails that posted workers go to those countries through the National...

May 1 without trade union protests, talks with citizens on squares

The three largest trade union confederations in Serbia will mark Labour Day – May 1 by organizing talks at squares and places where most citizens get together. These talks will focus on workers’ and current social problems in Serbia...

Letter regarding the violation of fundamental human, citizen and labour rights of non-Albanian citizens and CATUS members on Kosovo and Metohija

By the unilateral decision of the Central Bank of Kosovo of February 1, 2024, euro was established as the only currency for the realization of cash and payment transactions, which bans the use of Serbian dinar (RSD) in...

Huge number of work permits issued to foreign workers in 2023

Last year 50,000 work permits were issued to foreign workers. The majority of those workers come from Russian Federation. According to the data of the Ministry of Labour, Veteran and Social Affairs from January 1 to December 20, 2023, the...

CATUS participates in the new project of digitalization of the trade union

On 31st October a conference was held via Zoom platform to kickstart the new project named TUDO, in which CATUS will participate as a partner. The project involves the digitalization of trade unions to enhance their effectiveness in the...

CATUS demands decent wages, otherwise it calls upon its members to take to the streets

Council of the Confederation of Autonomous Trade Unions of Serbia (CATUS) demands that all citizens receive living wages; the signing of collective agreements in all professions; genuine social dialogue and abolition of penalty points for all those who were...

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Round Table on Wages

Serbian economic development must not be based exclusively on the concept of cheap labour, but on decent work, productivity...

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