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26 February, 2002The largest bus manufacturer in the Yugoslav Republic is trying by all means to destroy the trade union.
SERBIA, REP. of YUGOSLAVIA: The Nezavisnost Metalworkers' Union has appealed for international solidarity support from the IMF and its affiliates regarding the repeated and serious violation of trade union rights at two factories of Ikarbus - AD and IMT - in Novi Beograd, a district of Belgrade.
According to Nezavisnost, Ikarbus - a bus and specialised vehicle assembly plant, the biggest manufacturer of buses in Yugoslavia - is actively trying to destroy the trade union by preventing all union activity in the two factories, including not allowing the collection of union fees or the use of any facilities at the plant for trade union work. Constant harassment of trade unionists, through such means as dismissal and job transfer, is another tactic of the company to discourage the trade union, as well as management's refusal to provide any information to the union about the general work of the plant.
In support of Nezavisnost, the IMF is asking its affiliates to condemn these violations of trade union rights at Ikarbus and write letters of protest to company management and to the government of Serbia.
According to Nezavisnost, Ikarbus - a bus and specialised vehicle assembly plant, the biggest manufacturer of buses in Yugoslavia - is actively trying to destroy the trade union by preventing all union activity in the two factories, including not allowing the collection of union fees or the use of any facilities at the plant for trade union work. Constant harassment of trade unionists, through such means as dismissal and job transfer, is another tactic of the company to discourage the trade union, as well as management's refusal to provide any information to the union about the general work of the plant.
In support of Nezavisnost, the IMF is asking its affiliates to condemn these violations of trade union rights at Ikarbus and write letters of protest to company management and to the government of Serbia.