Granski Sindikat Metalaca "Nezavisnost"

SPORTS GAMES OF VOLUNTEER BLOOD DONORS OF ‘’ZASTAVA AUTOMOBILI – KAROSERIJA’’
HUMANITY IS PRICELESS

Kragujevac, September 2008 The Red Cross Branch of ‘’Zastava Automobili – Karoserija’’ has been awarded a medallion even this year for the most humane environment of Serbian Red Cross in collecting blood, and it collected 827 bottles of this precious liquid last year. The collected blood is necessary for medical treatment of employees and members of their families, and the remaining blood quantities are required for medical treatment of citizens of Kragujevac.

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Macro situation in the market has impact on the operation of ‘’Livar’’ Foundry, Topola Regular payment of wages brought in question
WITH JOINT EFFORTS TO RESPONSIBILITY

Topola, September 2008 Only companies exporting over 90% of their production to the EU market are aware that export orientation isn’t the issue evaluated by Serbian Government, which must be the future of Serbian economy. One has drawn such conclusion after the talks between the director of ‘’Livar’’ Topola, Branko Grumic and representatives of MWBU ‘’Nezavisnost’’, which were conducted on August 21 2008 in Topola.

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The labor cost has been increased by signing the Annex to the Collective Agreement made in ATB ‘’Sever’’, Subotica. Follow-up of negotiations after the vacation period
NEGOTIATIONS FOR HIGHER PAYS

Subotica, August 18 2008 By analyzing the current business situation in the company, the ‘’Nezavisnost’’ Trade Union of ATB ‘’SEVER’’ has decided to enable employees an increase of their pays by 3% in the period July-December through Annex to the Collective Agreement.

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A SUPPLEMENTED PLAN OF REORGANIZATION OF AD ‘’SINVOZ’’ IN BANKRUPTCY SUBMITTED TO THE COMMERCIAL COURT OF ZRENJANIN
THE PLAN UNACCEPTABLE FOR WORKERS AND TRADE UNION

Zrenjanin, August 5 2008 A supplemented Plan of reorganization of AD ‘’Sinvoz’’ in bankruptcy was submitted to the Commercial Court of Zrenjanin. One month since the submitting of the first Plan of reorganization and recovery of AD ‘’Sinvoz’’ in bankruptcy from Zrenjanin, which was rejected by the Commercial Court of Zrenjanin as incomplete and not in conformity with the Law on Bankruptcy Proceedings, was submitted by ‘’TTC Logistic’’ doo Beograd, ‘’TT Cargo Ag Buchs Schweiz’’ and ‘’TT Cargo Vaduz Liechtenstein’’ on July 16 2008 as supplemented and ‘’balanced’’, acceptable, as a combination of economic, legal and operative instruments, that would enable, in a flexible way, an agreement between the debtor and creditor, as well as stable company operations ‘’on a sound base’’ in the future.

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PRIVATIZATION AS A SOLUTION AND PERSPECTIVE AND NOT LOSING JOBS AND DEPRIVING OF RIGHTS
JOINT APPEARANCE OF TRADE UNIONS

Nis, July 2008 The representatives of three representative trade unions of AD ‘’Specijalna vozila’’, Nis, conducted talks, on July 4 2008, with representatives of the Department for privatization monitoring and carrying out, Privatization Agency, in connection with the current situation in the post-privatization period in AD ‘’Specijalna vozila’’ (Special Vehicles). The Monitoring Department reviewed the Sales Contract on June 9 2008 and sent the Report to trade unions in AD ‘’Specijalna vozila’’.

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THE LATEST NEWS FROM MWBU “NEZAVISNOST"

CURRENT EVENTS

Extended effect of the G.C.A. seems as an illusion. Trade Union Convention of April 29 2008 as the ’’Day of Deceit’’
IT WAS STILL A LIE

Belgrade, November 6 2008 Continuing the tradition, present in Serbian history, that great defeats were presented as the greatest victories, the president of the ’’CATUS’’, Ljubisav Orbovic and president of UBU ’’Nezavisnost’’, B. Canak (co-owner of the newspaper ’’DANAS’’) glorify the loss of workers rights, guaranteed by the G.C.A., as ’’workers victory’’!? When you have a signed and valid G.C.A. and promise of the President of Serbia, Boris Tadic, as well as of the Minister of Labor, Rasim Ljajic, that the G.C.A. shall be granted general competence ’’only’’ after a ’’socially responsible Government’’ is formed. Instead of this, workers and unionists have not realized any right of the G.C.A. for more than 5 months already. On April 29 2008, at the famous Trade Union Convention ’’Democracy – that is dialogue’’ there was no word about calculations as to how much the G.C.A. and its application would cost, who was going to pay for this, and the financial crisis in the world was not even mentioned. At that time, one should have convinced workers to vote for political option which conduced to signing of the G.C.A. after two and a half years delay.
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THE MEETING OF THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC COUNCIL BOARD WAS HELD ON OCTOBER 29 2008. IT HAS MADE THE DECISION ON DIMINISHING WORKERS RIGHTS FROM THE G.C.A. BRANISLAV CANAK WAS THE LEADING PROPONENT OF AMENDMENTS TO THE G.C.A.
BETRAYAL OF WORKERS RIGHTS

Belgrade, November 6 2008 Branislav Canak’s endeavors, lasting several months, that workers rights of the G.C.A., referring to hot meal and vacation allowance, should be considerably diminished, have encouraged Employers and Government representatives to propose the amendments to the G.C.A. Hardly obtained rights of the G.C.A., also verified by the President of Serbia, Boris Tadić, through his participation in Trade Union Convention on April 29 2008, when the General Collective Agreement was signed, will remain unrealized.
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Presence of U. S. Steel contributes that workers of Smederevo are more satisfied than others in Serbia. The G.C.A. as the framework for workers with lower pays
IT IS BETTER WITH THE G.C.A.

Smederevo, November 5 2008 A majority of companies and institutions of Smederevo have signed and applicable Collective Agreements with the Employer. Some, as employees of U. S. Steel, have better pays and other benefits than those contained in the G.C.A. The problem of non-observance of the G.C.A. is not unknown to people of Smederevo and they state that one has to comply with it. The Petition for the G.C.A. was met with understanding by citizens of Smederevo and U. S. Steel’s workers, MBS, Zelvoz, companies of the metal industry complex, where MWBU ‘’Nezavisnost’’ has its Trustee Offices and members. The citizens came out for peaceful methods of unionist action and use of social dialogue as the way for solving problems. Politicians were criticized, because they used political campaigns for making promises which they did not keep, but they get power. Very often, the question pertains to inadequate trade union support of workers interests, namely, protection of their interests, especially, non-application of the G.C.A. provisions and proclamation of its general competence, as President Boris Tadic promised on April 29 2008 at Trade Union Convention in ‘’Sava’’ Center.
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Sumadija-Pomoravlje Region and the biggest metal industry companies: Zastava, Cable Factory – Jagodina protected the General Collective Agreement
WHO INTENDS TO SELL THE GENERAL COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT

Jagodina, November 5 2008 The biggest metal industry companies of Sumadija and Pomoravlje, as well as their employees are willing to protect the G.C.A. A poll conducted in Jagodina and Kragujevac indicated that over 60% of those polled and citizens were ready to come out on the streets and 37% would take part in the general strike. The highest percentage of those polled think that trade union leaders Branislav Canak – UBU ‘’Nezavisnost’’ and Ljubisav Orbovic – ‘’CATUS’’ were bribed by the authorities and employers and that they should be dismissed from the position of trade union president. The action of MWBU ‘’Nezavisnost’’ - ‘’For the G.C.A.’’, in Jagodina, was supported by colleagues of ‘’Agroziv’’, ‘’Printing Office – Mladost’’, Jagodina Breweries and Jagodina’s Elementary and High Schools. Workers demanded organizing a protest in front of the Government building and Trade Union buildings, which easily waived workers rights, contained in the G.C.A.
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‘’Juzna Pruga’’ came out ‘’For General Collective Agreement’’. ‘’We are ready to go to Belgrade’’, said workers from Leskovac
OUR RIGHT TO GENERAL COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT

Leskovac, November 2008 The workers and citizens of Leskovac are aware that they can be deprived of the G.C.A. only if ‘’sold’’ by trade union representatives. Besides representatives of SMWBU ‘’Nezavisnost’’, the action of signing the Petition was supported by unionists of ‘’Nezavisnost’’ Union from ‘’Aktavis’’ and showed solidarity regarding the G.C.A. A high level of rights and good pays in ‘’Aktavis’’ didn’t keep unionists from fighting for the G.C.A., which should protect all Serbian workers. The G.C.A.
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Good-natured people from Vojvodina came out for organizing a protest, petition and safeguarding the rights of the General Collective Agreement
OUR RIGHTS AND OUR MONEY

Zrenjanin, November 2008 A good response of the citizens of Zrenjanin to the Action ‘’For General Collective Agreement’’ is not surprising. The existence of Zrenjanin’s citizens and workers political awareness and industrial culture lasts for a long time. ‘’We understand the things you want to do and it’s good that you are doing this’’ – were the most usual words by which the citizens of Zrenjanin encouraged active members of MWBU ‘’Nezavisnost’’ during the Action ‘’For the G.C.A.’’. A majority of those, who signed the Petition, know the significance of the G.C.A., and they are well informed about the latest events concerning its non-observance and application as from the date of signing, i.e. April 29 2008.
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Trustee Offices of SMWBU ‘’Nezavisnost’’ from Raska-Rasina Region supported the action ‘’For General Collective Agreement’’
SOLIDARITY IN SAFEGUARDING THE GENERAL COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT

November 2008 Organizing the action ‘’For General Collective Agreement’’, the members of SMWBU ‘’Nezavisnost’’ from Kraljevo and Krusevac collected over one thousand signatures put on the Petition to be presented to the Socio-Economic Council at the Session scheduled for October 31. The impossibility to use the rights protection enabled by the G.C.A. disturbed the workers of Raska-Rasina Region. Many signatories of the Petition were disappointed, because of the promises made by the President of Serbia, Boris Tadic and Minister of Labor and Social Policy, Rasim Ljajic, associated with the G.C.A.
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