{"id":25573,"date":"2024-10-11T15:30:31","date_gmt":"2024-10-11T13:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/?post_type=news&p=25573"},"modified":"2024-11-15T11:31:59","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T10:31:59","slug":"bosnian-commerce-workers-on-the-verge-of-winning-regular-days-off-paid-holidays","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/news\/bosnian-commerce-workers-on-the-verge-of-winning-regular-days-off-paid-holidays\/","title":{"rendered":"Bosnian commerce workers on the verge of winning regular days off, paid holidays"},"content":{"rendered":"

***UPDATE*** The law has entered into force in Bosnia and Herzegovina and workers will enjoy the first work-free Sunday on 17 November 2024!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n

 <\/p>\r\n

C<\/span>ommerce workers across <\/span>Bosnia<\/span> and <\/span>Herzegovina<\/span> and their union<\/span> are calling on the Parliament of <\/span>the <\/span>Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina to pass <\/span>a<\/span> law that will close <\/span>shops on Sundays and secure national holidays. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

UNI\u2019s<\/span> Bosnia<\/span>n <\/span>affiliate,<\/span> the <\/span>Commerce Trade Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina (STBIH)<\/span>,<\/span> has been campaigning for over <\/span>ten<\/span> years to change the legislation to secure free Sundays and national holidays for commerce workers. <\/span>Their campaign <\/span>got\u00a0<\/span> Article 17 on <\/span>\u201c<\/span>shop working hours<\/span>\u201d<\/span> included in the<\/span> upcoming<\/span> Bill on Internal Commerce, which the <\/span>parliament will discuss on<\/span> 22 October 2024.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cWe have been advocating for this law for <\/span>such a<\/span> long <\/span>time,<\/span>\u201d said Mersiha Besirovic, the President of STBIH<\/span>.<\/span> \u201cI hope our <\/span>p<\/span>arliament will <\/span>finally <\/span>put the<\/span> interests and needs of commerce workers <\/span>\u2013 <\/span>who make more <\/span>than<\/span> half of the working population in the private sector in Bosnia and Herzegovina<\/span> \u2013 <\/span>as a priority and grant them same rights that their colleagues in <\/span>the public<\/span> sector have<\/span>.<\/span>\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Under the current legislation, commerce workers <\/span>are guaranteed<\/span> one paid day off a week, but <\/span>that day<\/span> may change every week<\/span>, m<\/span>aking it difficult for workers to schedule their lives and spend time with family<\/span>. Once <\/span>the parliament adopts this law<\/span>, <\/span>commerce shops will be closed on Sundays<\/span>,<\/span> and commerce workers will be able to enjoy <\/span>a regular <\/span>day of rest<\/span> on Sundays. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\"\"<\/a> In addition, the law will also expand the <\/span>n<\/span>ational <\/span>h<\/span>olidays <\/span> \u2014 <\/span>set<\/span> by <\/span>the government<\/span> and implemented only in the public sector<\/span> \u2013<\/span> to commerce workers<\/span>. \u00a0The <\/span>bill would extend five <\/span>additional<\/span> holidays to commerce <\/span>employees<\/span>:<\/span> New Year\u2019s Day<\/span>, Independence Day,<\/span> L<\/span>abour <\/span>D<\/span>ay<\/span>, and the <\/span>day <\/span>commemorat<\/span>ing<\/span> of the founding of the country<\/span>. Currently, they have to work these<\/span> without any additional payment. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

UNI joined<\/span> Swedish affiliate Handels <\/span>on a solidarity visit to\u00a0<\/span>Bosnia and Herzegovina this week and met with the shop stewards of STBIH.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cWe fully support Bosnian commerce workers and their union<\/span>,<\/span>\u201d said Linda Palmetzhofer, President of Handels<\/span>.<\/span> \u201cThey deserve work-life balance and equal rights; and we had the opportunity to see how committed they are to win them<\/span>.<\/span>\u201d<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Highlighting the importance of the law, the workers called on the <\/span>p<\/span>arliament to pass the law with banners that read, \u201cI don\u2019t want to work on Sundays and on holidays<\/span>.<\/span>\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cI have been working in a supermarket for 25 years<\/span>,<\/span> and I have never been with my family on special days because I have to work. This law means a lot to me and workers like me<\/span>,<\/span>\u201d said Rebija Velic, a shop steward in Konzum Supermarkets in Bugojno City<\/span>.<\/span> \u201cI am looking forward to seeing this law adopted so I can be with my family on the first day of 2025, so I can travel on the other national holidays and so I can also enjoy Sundays with my children<\/span>.<\/span>\u201d<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

According to a survey conducted by STBIH, 97.5 <\/span>per cent<\/span> of the commerce workers in Bosnia and Herzegovina want their shops to be closed on Sundays and national holidays.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cCommerce workers provide an essential <\/span>service,<\/span> but they are deprived of some essential rights<\/span>,\u201d<\/span> said Mathias Bolton, Head of UNI Commerce<\/span>.<\/span> \u201cWe join our Bosnian affiliate in calling the Parliament to pass the law and give our workers what they long to have<\/span>.<\/span>\u201d<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u00a0\"\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Commerce workers across Bosnia and Herzegovina are pushing to pass a law that will close shops on Sundays and secure national holidays.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":25574,"template":"","categories":[163],"global-issues":[],"sectors":[11],"cross-sector-groups":[],"workers-rights":[],"regions":[],"topics":[],"class_list":["post-25573","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-tag","sectors-commerce"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nBosnian commerce workers on the verge of winning regular days off, paid holidays<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Commerce workers across Bosnia and Herzegovina are pushing to pass a law that will close shops on Sundays and secure national holidays.\u00a0\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/news\/bosnian-commerce-workers-on-the-verge-of-winning-regular-days-off-paid-holidays\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bosnian commerce workers on the verge of winning regular days off, paid holidays\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Commerce workers across Bosnia and Herzegovina are pushing to pass a law that will close shops on Sundays and secure national holidays.\u00a0\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/news\/bosnian-commerce-workers-on-the-verge-of-winning-regular-days-off-paid-holidays\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"UNI Global Union\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-11-15T10:31:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/mersiha-1200x630.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/news\/bosnian-commerce-workers-on-the-verge-of-winning-regular-days-off-paid-holidays\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/news\/bosnian-commerce-workers-on-the-verge-of-winning-regular-days-off-paid-holidays\/\",\"name\":\"Bosnian commerce workers on the verge of winning regular days off, paid holidays\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/news\/bosnian-commerce-workers-on-the-verge-of-winning-regular-days-off-paid-holidays\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/news\/bosnian-commerce-workers-on-the-verge-of-winning-regular-days-off-paid-holidays\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/mersiha-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-10-11T13:30:31+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-11-15T10:31:59+00:00\",\"description\":\"Commerce workers across Bosnia and Herzegovina are pushing to pass a law that will close shops on Sundays and secure national holidays.\u00a0\u00a0\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/news\/bosnian-commerce-workers-on-the-verge-of-winning-regular-days-off-paid-holidays\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/news\/bosnian-commerce-workers-on-the-verge-of-winning-regular-days-off-paid-holidays\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/news\/bosnian-commerce-workers-on-the-verge-of-winning-regular-days-off-paid-holidays\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/mersiha-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/mersiha-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1920},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/news\/bosnian-commerce-workers-on-the-verge-of-winning-regular-days-off-paid-holidays\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"News\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Bosnian commerce workers on the verge of winning regular days off, paid holidays\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/\",\"name\":\"UNI Global Union\",\"description\":\"UNI Global Union\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/#organization\",\"name\":\"UNI Global Union\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Uni-Global-Logo-LANDSCAPE.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Uni-Global-Logo-LANDSCAPE.png\",\"width\":1255,\"height\":710,\"caption\":\"UNI Global Union\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Bosnian commerce workers on the verge of winning regular days off, paid holidays","description":"Commerce workers across Bosnia and Herzegovina are pushing to pass a law that will close shops on Sundays and secure national holidays.\u00a0\u00a0","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/news\/bosnian-commerce-workers-on-the-verge-of-winning-regular-days-off-paid-holidays\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Bosnian commerce workers on the verge of winning regular days off, paid holidays","og_description":"Commerce workers across Bosnia and Herzegovina are pushing to pass a law that will close shops on Sundays and secure national holidays.\u00a0\u00a0","og_url":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/news\/bosnian-commerce-workers-on-the-verge-of-winning-regular-days-off-paid-holidays\/","og_site_name":"UNI Global Union","article_modified_time":"2024-11-15T10:31:59+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":630,"url":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/mersiha-1200x630.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Estimated reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/news\/bosnian-commerce-workers-on-the-verge-of-winning-regular-days-off-paid-holidays\/","url":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/news\/bosnian-commerce-workers-on-the-verge-of-winning-regular-days-off-paid-holidays\/","name":"Bosnian commerce workers on the verge of winning regular days off, paid holidays","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/news\/bosnian-commerce-workers-on-the-verge-of-winning-regular-days-off-paid-holidays\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/news\/bosnian-commerce-workers-on-the-verge-of-winning-regular-days-off-paid-holidays\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/mersiha-scaled.jpg","datePublished":"2024-10-11T13:30:31+00:00","dateModified":"2024-11-15T10:31:59+00:00","description":"Commerce workers across Bosnia and Herzegovina are pushing to pass a law that will close shops on Sundays and secure national holidays.\u00a0\u00a0","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/news\/bosnian-commerce-workers-on-the-verge-of-winning-regular-days-off-paid-holidays\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/news\/bosnian-commerce-workers-on-the-verge-of-winning-regular-days-off-paid-holidays\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/news\/bosnian-commerce-workers-on-the-verge-of-winning-regular-days-off-paid-holidays\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/mersiha-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/mersiha-scaled.jpg","width":2560,"height":1920},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/news\/bosnian-commerce-workers-on-the-verge-of-winning-regular-days-off-paid-holidays\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"News","item":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Bosnian commerce workers on the verge of winning regular days off, paid holidays"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/","name":"UNI Global Union","description":"UNI Global Union","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/#organization","name":"UNI Global Union","url":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Uni-Global-Logo-LANDSCAPE.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Uni-Global-Logo-LANDSCAPE.png","width":1255,"height":710,"caption":"UNI Global Union"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/25573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/25573\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26220,"href":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/25573\/revisions\/26220"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25573"},{"taxonomy":"global-issues","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/global-issues?post=25573"},{"taxonomy":"sectors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sectors?post=25573"},{"taxonomy":"cross-sector-groups","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cross-sector-groups?post=25573"},{"taxonomy":"workers-rights","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/workers-rights?post=25573"},{"taxonomy":"regions","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/regions?post=25573"},{"taxonomy":"topics","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics?post=25573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}