Workers of the Prvi Maj company have finally stopped blocking the railway from Belgrade to Niš after 12 days.
After signing the agreement on Friday, the owners of the company have paid all the remaining wages promised to the workers for the year.
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Workers accept offer, still block railroad
December 17th, 2009 |
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GIK Prvi Maj construction company workers, who have been blocking an international railroad for over a moth, struck a deal with the company owners. But they will continue to block the tracks at the Lapovo, central Serbia, station, until they receive payments agreed upon today.
Railroad-blocking workers “to radicalize protest”
December 16th, 2009 |
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Striking workers of GIK Prvi Maj company, who have been blocking the railroad in Lapovo for ten days now, say they radicalize their protests. Hopes that the privatized construction company’s workers and its owner might reach an agreement on meeting the strikers’ demands, which include payment of 11 overdue wages, were dashed today.
Railroad still blocked at Lapovo
November 18th, 2009 |
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Prvi Maj construction company workers stayed the night on the Belgrade-Niš railroad near Lapovo, demanding to meet with government officials. Union President Novica Marković said that the protest will continue until a solution is found for their demands.
Workers continue to block railroad
November 17th, 2009 |
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Workers of the privatized Prvi Maj company will continue blocking the international railroad connecting Belgrade and Skopje on Tuesday. The workers are calling for an agreement reached last summer with the government to be honored, which calls for wages to be paid, along with benefits, for production in the company to restart, and for funds for a social program to be secured.
Striking workers block intl. railroad
November 13th, 2009 |
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Workers of privatized construction company GIK Prvi Maj from Lapovo have blocked the international railroad line between Belgrade and Niš. They are dissatisfied over failure of authorities see to their end of a deal reached earlier this year, according to reports.