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Green-Left Coalition and Tomislav Tomašević take a lead in the first round of local elections in Zagreb

Mašina MašinaMay 19, 2021May 17, 2021

According to the still unofficial results of the local elections in Croatia, the support received by the green-left coalition We can! (Možemo!) announces changes on the political scene of the neighbouring country.

What will the amendments to the Law on financial support for families with children bring: it could have been better

Mašina MašinaMay 20, 2021May 13, 2021

The most important positive change to the Law on financial Support for families with children is the one regarding the legal rights of mothers of children with disabilities. However, self-employed, unemployed and economically inactive mothers remain unprotected by law.

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What will the law on seasonal work bring to women who are employed to clean, tidy up and care for children and the elderly?

Mašina MašinaMay 20, 2021April 29, 2021

"Part time workers will be equal in disenfranchisement and exploitation of their work."

“Part time workers will be equal in disenfranchisement and exploitation of their work.”

Workers Organizing in the Digital Age – Outlooks for the (near) future

Mašina MašinaApril 29, 2021February 1, 2021

The increased digitalization of labor presents a whole new set of challenges from the legislative and labor organizing perspective. Companies use sophisticated software to monitor their employees, but workers can also utilize software in their struggle for labor rights and a more equitable economy.

Protest of the Association of Internet Workers in Serbia

Thousands of people supports freelancers. Negotiations with the Government announced for Monday

Mašina MašinaMay 24, 2021January 17, 2021

Online workers held a protest on Saturday in front of the National Assembly of Serbia. The authorities accepted invitation to negotiations, stated Miran Pogačar, president of the Association of Internet Workers (URI). Members of URI added that this is a small victory and that they will continue to fight.

Autonomous trade union opposes the privatization of Pharmacy “Belgrade”

Mašina MašinaOctober 7, 2020

The Confederation of Autonomous Trade Unions of Belgrade opposes the privatization of the Pharmacy “Belgrade”. The trade union believes that this pharmacy institution, whose founder is the city of Belgrade, must remain a part of the public health system and a guarantee of adequate supply of medicines to the citizens.

Party of the Radical Left founded

Mašina MašinaMay 20, 2021September 7, 2020

The Party of the Radical Left (PRL) was formed by transforming the Social Democratic Union, whose members adopted the new political Programme, the Declaration of Workers' Rights, as well as the necessary statutory changes, at the 12th regular congress. According to the programme, the PRL will "fight for a socialist society based on equality, solidarity, freedom, democracy, internationalism, anti-imperialism and anti-fascism, a society in which people will be more important than profit".

The Radical Left Party (Partija radikalne levice, PRL) was formed by transforming the Social Democratic Union, whose members adopted the new political Programme, the Declaration of Workers’ Rights, as well as the necessary statutory changes, at the 12th regular congress. According to the programme, the PRL will “fight for a socialist society based on equality, solidarity, freedom, democracy, internationalism, anti-imperialism and anti-fascism, a society in which people will be more important than profit”.

Protest against layoffs in Radio-Television of Vojvodina

Mašina MašinaSeptember 1, 2020

A protest against the announced dismissal of 200 workers of the Radio-Television of Vojvodina, who have been hired through an employment agency, was held today at noon in front of Studio M in Novi Sad.

Protests announced over dismissal of Radio-Television of Vojvodina employees

Mašina MašinaAugust 26, 2020

The Radio-Television of Vojvodina’s (RTV) branch union, belonging to the United Branch Trade Union Independence, organised a press conference on Monday, on the occasion of the announced dismissal of their 250 colleagues, who have been engaged through an employment agency.

Construction workers from India are returning home thanks to international trade unions ties

Mašina MašinaAugust 25, 2020August 25, 2020

The construction workers from India who started a strike in the middle of the previous week, demanding their overdue wages and to be allowed to return home, will be able to travel back starting this week, Mašina found out. This is not the first time that workers from India are dissatisfied with working conditions in Serbia, and the whole case raised questions regarding the necessity of international cooperation, which we discussed with representatives of the trade unions from Serbia and India.

You need young workers with no labour rights? Join the “My first salary” government programme

Mašina MašinaAugust 24, 2020

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Construction workers from India are protesting in front of the city administration headquarters in Kraljevo

Mašina MašinaAugust 20, 2020

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“It is our duty to show that we will not put up with injustice.” Protests for the release of political prisoners continue

Mašina MašinaJuly 23, 2020

“It is our duty to be here, to show that we will not put up with injustice” and “We will be even louder until all political prisoners are released” are some of the messages activists of the Joint Action Roof over Your Head addressed the public with at Wednesday’s protest in front of the Misdemeanor Court in Belgrade.

Left-wing political parties from Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia are calling for regional solidarity

Mašina MašinaJuly 21, 2020

The crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic deepens the already serious social and economic problems the societies in the region of former socialist Yugoslavia face. Our struggle must include solidarity politics, stated the four leftist parties that adopted the Declaration on Regional Solidarity.

Anti-government protests in Serbia replaced by demonstrations for the release of “political prisoners”

Mašina MašinaJuly 17, 2020

The beginning of the week saw the dissolution of what started as the biggest protest in Serbia in a decade. Activist organisations and few opposition parties continue to demand the release of whom they claim to be unjustly jailed “political prisoners”.

Beating and jailing of non-violent activists followed by protest in front of Belgrade Central Prison

Mašina MašinaJuly 13, 2020

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Protests in Serbia in detail: violent clashes on Wednesday and a sit-in Thursday

Mašina MašinaJuly 10, 2020

Police brutality marks the first two days of protests in Belgrade, while the third protest goes on without incidents.

Protests in Serbia: “People are sick and tired of such injustice”

Mašina MašinaJuly 9, 2020

For two days in a row Serbian citizens have been protesting against their government and the new anti-pandemic measures the president had announced. Both on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon the protests started peacefully, only to turn into a havoc of protester-police clashes and police brutality as the night fell. The alt-right is trying claim the lead and steer the riots according to their agenda. Meanwhile, some left wing organizations see the demonstrations as a spontaneous expression of people’s justifiable dissatisfaction with the government and long accumulated anger.

Protests in largest Serbian cities. Government answers with police violence

Mašina MašinaJuly 9, 2020July 9, 2020

Protests in Serbia erupted on July 7 after president Aleksandar Vučić announced that the government will reintroduce heavily restrictive measures due to the bad epidemiological situation in the country. During his announcement the president put blame on the citizens for the acute health crisis. The protests continued last night in several cities in Serbia. Similarly to the first night, there were riots and brutal police violence.

The green-left coalition achieves game-changing results in the parliamentary elections in Croatia

Mašina MašinaJuly 8, 2020

The green-left coalition won 7 seats at the Croatian 151-seat parliament, surprising everybody. The turnout was less than 50%, the lowest ever in Croatia’s parliamentary election. The conservative Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) won the biggest chunk of the electorate, while the Social Democratic Party (SDP) suffered a heavy blow to its position. Several right-wing parties won seats, too.

Meeting the Left: Luka Mesec

Mašina MašinaJuly 3, 2020

According to Luka Mesec, coordinator of the Slovenian party Levica (the Left) and Slovenian MP, the coronavirus pandemic exposed many of the capitalist system’s shortcomings, creating opportunities for left-wing politics. The pandemic has clearly shown that it is the workers, and not the managers, who ensure the functioning of our economies, emphasizes Mesec.

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