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Government aims to postpone collective agreement
Belgrade,
30 December 2008
Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic today said that the government aims to postpone the implementation of a collective agreement for a year, due to the global financial crisis.
In an interview with the Politika daily, Cvetkovic said that if the government does not manage to persuade trade unions in this respect, it will withdraw its signature, in line with employers’ demands.
He said that the social and economic sectors comprise employers, trade unions and the government, so that it is up to the government, which is simultaneously an employer and economic policy maker, to solve the issue.
Cvetkovic recalled that the main items of the collective agreement are meal allowances and holiday supplements, adding that its implementation would result in a 20% increase in salaries.
He pointed out that in these hard times an increase in salaries is not possible, so the government suggested delaying the agreement for a year.
On the other hand the Employers Association demands that the collective agreement is broken and foreign investors share the same opinion, said Cvetkovic.
The implementation of the agreement would lead directly to hyperinflation, concluded the Prime Minister.
He said that the social and economic sectors comprise employers, trade unions and the government, so that it is up to the government, which is simultaneously an employer and economic policy maker, to solve the issue.
Cvetkovic recalled that the main items of the collective agreement are meal allowances and holiday supplements, adding that its implementation would result in a 20% increase in salaries.
He pointed out that in these hard times an increase in salaries is not possible, so the government suggested delaying the agreement for a year.
On the other hand the Employers Association demands that the collective agreement is broken and foreign investors share the same opinion, said Cvetkovic.
The implementation of the agreement would lead directly to hyperinflation, concluded the Prime Minister.
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