A-Infos (en) Serbia, ASI: Brief overview of events and workers' struggles in 2023 - Anarcho-syndicalist initiative - ASI (ca, de, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

* The previous year was marked by the continuation of the war in 
Ukraine, and then the systematic destruction of Palestine started by 
Israel. Israel's attack on Palestine led to a series of protests in 
support of Palestine in the world, including in Serbia.
* In Serbia, the year was marked by inflation, but also numerous news 
about the dismissal of workers, such as the workers of the Kragujevac 
waterworks, who were dismissed after going on strike. In addition, we 
have heard news about deaths at the workplace, so we know of at least 
two female factory workers who died because they were not given medical 
help in time.

* Due to poor working conditions, the workers of Falk Ista in Knjazevac, 
educators went on strike, and the Post went on strike for a month, which 
contributed both to the loss of profit for the Post's administration and 
to the fulfillment of the demands of the workers.

* The authorities did the same thing as they do now - they ignored the 
postmen and kept them on the brink of existence, and then threatened 
them when they revolted, enabled the owners of companies such as 
Katembo, Drink Store, Ana Cirkovic doo and the like not to pay the 
workers, to im people working illegally, so they can't get sick leave...

* Another election was organized, in which SNS won, and which again 
turned out to be a farce. After the elections, the opposition started 
protests with which they wanted to lead to the annulment of the election 
results, and for this purpose they also mobilized students. As an 
anarcho-syndicalist initiative - we certainly believe that the elections 
are a grab for the position of robbers, irrelevant for the working class 
and that the improvement of the quality of life can only be achieved 
through direct struggle.

 In Novi Sad, a worker was accused of attempted murder because she 
attacked the owner of a bakery who refused to pay her wages. The 
aforementioned worker was put in a desperate situation where she could 
not feed herself, which led to violence. However, at the end of the day, 
the worker herself is a victim of this system, in which almost any of us 
can find ourselves in her position.

* We were given some hope by the case of the former employees of the 
Drink Store (Andrax doo), with whom our initiative launched a campaign 
of boycott and public pressure on the boss Dragan Marinkovic 2 years 
ago. With great persistence and the will not to give up, they managed to 
fight for unpaid wages and contributions!

* Our organization participated in several campaigns against different 
companies, some of which were smaller and some more successful. In 2024, 
we plan to continue organizing as we have done so far, and we hope to 
encourage others to join us.

If you are fed up with bad news, bad working and living conditions, 
contact us so we can try to organize together!

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