Plenum of the Faculty of Law in Belgrade supported the call for general strike On March 7, it was confirmed for "Vreme" in this educational institution.
Let's remind On March 7, Novi Sad students in the blockade called on all citizens to participate in a general strike and to join them in the streets.
They called on citizens to take a day off or sick leave on March 7, to suspend work with colleagues, not to shop in stores, not to use catering services, public transport, not to go to cinemas and theaters on that day.
Instead of all that - they invited citizens to join them on the streets.
How did the last general strike go?
The previous general strike, on January 24, was organized by blockade students from Belgrade, and citizens, businessmen and companies massively supported it.
Three large gatherings were organized on the streets - a gathering of high school students, then a student march and a protest by workers in the IT sector. All three groups, at one point, found themselves at the mouth of Ušće in New Belgrade, and this part of the city was blocked for almost the whole day, as a large number of people gathered stopped the traffic.
From clubs, restaurants, through street sellers and bookstores to larger businesses and the media - many boycotted their own jobs that fifth to participate in a general strike and express dissatisfaction with the regime, but also support for students.
That day was also the last day of the lawyers' strike.
Several organizations and political parties participated in the one-day general strike, a. Throughout the day, the newsrooms of Vremena, Nedeljnik, Birn, Fonet, N1, Nova, Danasa, Sport Club reported on the events related to the general strike.
Numerous nightclubs, restaurants, cafes, cinemas also went on strike. The Association of Film Producers of Serbia, the Association of Film Directors of Serbia, the Association of Screenwriters of Serbia, the Association of Documentaries of Serbia, the Association of Serbian Cinematographers, the Association of Film Actors of Serbia, the Association of Film and Television Sound Designers of Serbia, as well as the Section of Screeners and the Section of Distributors did not work in solidarity.
What is a general strike?
A general strike is a strike that involves an entire industry, that is, a branch of the economy or an entire society. Depending on whether it is one branch or the entire economy, the strike has different forms.
The very phrase about a general strike, as a deliberate part of collective bargaining tactics, originated in Great Britain, where the term entered the language in the 1830s, writes Britannica.
French philosophers believed that workers could bring about a social revolution by defeating the managers and owners of capital through a general strike.
General strikes first became possible with the rise of large trade unions in the late 19th century. Two major general strikes took place in Belgium in 1893 and 1902 in support of universal male suffrage. A large-scale strike took place in Sweden in 1902 over similar issues.
