Workers' Rights

Tag: Labor rights

Echo of the past

17.June 2026 Uroš Mitrović

The last knight of social democracy

Dimitrije Tucović's ideas are not only not outdated, they sound astonishingly contemporary, almost prophetic. This year marks the 145th anniversary of his birth

Zrenjanin

19.May 2026. KS

Linglong seeks new state subsidies despite accusations of exploitation

The Chinese tire manufacturer plans to expand its factory in Zrenjanin and hire up to 800 new workers, while activists warn that reports of human trafficking and exploitation of foreign workers remain without a judicial epilogue for years.

Labor rights

16.May 2026. Una Sabljaković / DW

Work in Serbia between the minimum wage and exploitation: Where does slavery begin?

The minimum wage in Serbia still does not cover basic living expenses, while domestic and foreign workers work in conditions that often include overtime, insecurity and violation of basic rights, it was said at the forum of the "Mašina" portal.

Zrenjanin

12.May 2026. KS

Linglong expands operations despite US export ban and claims of labor rights violations

Despite allegations of violation of labor rights and the ban on exports to certain markets, the local government of Zrenjanin announces the expansion of Linglong's business

Labor rights

05.May 2026. KS

Being a worker in Serbia: Outlines of slavery

Thousands of people lose their jobs, and new employers offer even worse conditions. What is it like to be a worker in Serbia today?

Labor rights

07.July 2025 MS

Two miners in the Lece mine are on hunger strike: "This is a blow to the union"

A dozen miners in the Lece mine near Medveđa were fired. The two have been on hunger strike for days. Časlav Gavrić from GS Mining and Energy "Nezavisnost" tells "Vreme" that this is "a direct attack on the union".

Society

04.April 2025. MS

Who protects workers in Serbia: Illegally and without supervision

Among the biggest problems of the labor market in Serbia are informal work and weak inspection control, announced Initiative A 11. They have been advocating changes to regulations related to all labor rights for years.

Textile industry

02.April 2025. KS

The New Economy: Catastrophic working conditions in the domestic textile industry

Workers in the textile industry face inhumane working conditions, and wages are usually far below the national average

Labor Law

13.march 2025 Milica Srejić

Seasonal jobs: From dawn to dusk, without workers' rights

"The sun burns so much that you faint" - this is how one worker who deals with seasonal work for Initiative A testified. 11. What kind of conditions do seasonal workers work in? What is guaranteed to them by law, and what is missing?

The World

18.December 2024 Katrin Schmid (DW)

Labor rights and pensions for sex workers in Belgium

Belgium is the first country in the world to pass a comprehensive labor law for sex workers and it will only protect those who want to be employed permanently

Supply chains and the position of workers in foreign firms

23.October 2024 Nemanja Rujević, Radmilo Marković

Complain to the Germans, it may be in vain

Thousands of people in Serbia make cables or tires for German cars. The workers say that the work is hard, the pay is bad, and the bosses "only lack whips". But now they can complain about the violation of rights directly in Germany. "Vreme" investigates whether this leads to anything

Workers and employers in Serbia

16.October 2024 Mila Jovanovic

Who skis and who breaks the law

There is talk again about the problem of fake sick leave, and claims are being made that around 40.000 workers are taking sick leave even though there is no need for it. Employers say that's why they even hire private detectives - to find out who's sick and who's pretending. How to evaluate which sick leaves are fake? And why it represents border crossing

SAD

21.July 2024 MJ/FoNet

A strike is being prepared at Disneyland, employees have been waiting for new contracts for three months

Thousands of Disney theme park and resort workers in California have gone on strike over stalled labor contract negotiations. Workers say they are fed up with intimidation and illegal treatment

Labor rights

24.April 2024. Nemanja Rujevic

On Sundays, workers in Serbia are cheap

Workers in Serbia do not get a dinar more when they work on Sundays. And it does almost everything, even though there is no real need. Nevertheless, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić says that we must work more, not less, and that a ban on working on Sundays is out of the question.

Labor rights

02.February 2024. RV / N1

Indian workers employed in Linglong are guarded by the police

The workers' passports were not returned, nor were they paid back wages

Economy

18.January 2024 BG

Labor rights in Serbia: Closer to Africa and Asia than the EU

The death and poisoning of workers in Serbian factories once again raises the question of how safe it is to go to work in Serbia

Economy

21.August 2023 BG

Negotiations on the minimum wage, the height of which has already been determined by Vučić

The current minimum wage is around 40.000. The trade unions are asking for it to be increased to 50.000 dinars already this year. The President of Serbia said that the minimum wage in 2024 will be 400 euros

Leskovac

06.July 2023 Ljiljana Stojanovic

Turkish "Džinsi" is leaving Serbia: Employees were fired by SMS

About 1.000 workers of the Turkish company "Jinsi" that worked in Leskovac still do not know what will happen to them. On Tuesday, July 4, they were fired by an SMS message that was sent circularly. It was signed with "Jeanci Serbia" LLC

Labor rights

04.July 2023 Milica Srejić

Prohibition of working on Sundays: No, Vučić, and those who don't like it can move

In Serbia, not only is the ban on working on Sundays not considered, but work on formally non-working days is not even paid more. On this topic, the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, says that "as long as he lives, he will not accept Sunday being a non-working day", and the unions are failing to fight for the workers' rights that they should defend.

Comment

28.march 2023 Ivica Dobrić

Trade unions in Serbia: Service for flour and pork halves

In the West, workers have been fighting bloody for their rights for more than a century. Trade union struggles were difficult, dangerous, often hopeless, but new generations of workers continued where previous generations had left off, kept what was won and expanded the space of freedom. In our country, trade unions were and remain only a service that deals with the organization of the delivery of flour and pork halves, and not a locomotive of a single composition that grabs freedom by the rails.

Europe

27.march 2023 JH

Warning strike in Germany: The country stopped for a day

For a strike to be meaningful, it must hurt. And the one-day warning strike of two German unions, Ver.di and EVG, hurts not only employers, but all people who went anywhere in Germany on Monday - on land, water or in the air. There are trains, buses, trams, ships, ferries, planes

Personal attitude / "Time" 1657

19.October 2022 Dusko Vukovic

Welcome to capitalist Serbia

With 40.000 dinars per month, which is the minimum, it is not possible to live, unless a family of three will only feed on bread smeared with fat. Arguments that 120 dinars are not enough for education, or 1200 dinars for clothes and shoes, do not reach the political elite.