Workers at Crnogorski Telekom (CT), a Deutsche Telekom subsidiary, in Montenegro are taking action. After going on a warning strike 31 October, the Trade Union of Telecom Montenegro is gearing up for more industrial action if the company continues to refuse their basic demands, including: a reasonable pay rise and a fair collective agreement.<\/p>\r\n
\u201cThe union and the employees of Crnogorski Telekom are forced to gather today. . . in front of CT\u2019s headquarters to, once again, through a peaceful protest, draw management\u2019s attention to the fact that their malicious intentions of abolishing our collective bargaining agreement as well as eliminating social dialogue and the union will not\u2014and cannot\u2014stand. It did not before and it will not now,\u201d the union said during last month\u2019s walkout.<\/p>\r\n
Pointing out that CT is profitable and growing, the union is particularly incensed that management has refused to meet their demands for a pay rise\u2014especially because the demands do not exceed the inflation rate.<\/p>\r\n
ver.di, the German union representing Deutsche Telekom and a UNI affiliate, is supporting their Montenegrin colleagues\u2019 struggle.<\/p>\r\n
\u201cThe Telekom group has once again revised its profit expectations upwards, there must be a fair share for the workers. Against the background of high inflation and the positive profit development in the group, there must be acceptable solutions for the employees suffering from the price increases,\u201d writes Frank Sauerland, ver.di ICTS Collective Bargaining Policy Principle<\/strong>.<\/p>\r\n \u201cAs the trade union ver.di we support your just struggle in solidarity and stand by your side. We wish you every success for the further negotiations and disputes with the Telekom employer.\u201d<\/p>\r\n UNI also backs the Trade Union of Telecom\u2019s efforts.<\/p>\r\n \u201cCT workers have made the company profitable and enabled it growth. It is outrageous that a successful enterprise doesn\u2019t reward employees but attacks their union and ignores their reasonable request for fair pay,\u201d says Benjamin Parton, Head of UNI\u2019s ICTS sector<\/strong>. \u201cWe join with ver.di and trade unions from around the world show solidarity with the Trade Union of Telecom. We will support your fight to get the fair treatment you deserve.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Workers at Crnogorski Telekom (CT), a Deutsche Telekom subsidiary, in Montenegro are taking action. After going on a warning strike 31 October, the Trade Union of Telecom Montenegro is gearing up for more industrial action if the company continues to refuse their basic demands, including: a reasonable pay rise and a fair collective agreement. \u201cThe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":8714,"template":"","categories":[],"global-issues":[],"sectors":[12],"cross-sector-groups":[],"workers-rights":[],"regions":[84],"topics":[],"class_list":["post-8713","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","sectors-ict-related-services","regions-uni-europa"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n