Blerim Syla
Kosovo Buffeted by Waves of Public Sector Strikes
Kosovo's Federations of Health Unions, FSSHK, held a strike on Thursday, at a time when the government of Albin Kurti is coming under almost constant pressure from other unions and their protests.
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Kosovo Unions Back Cancellation of Workers' Day Holiday
Union representatives told BIRN that they support MP Nait Hasani's initiative to remove several holidays from the country's official list, including International Workers' Day.
The head of the Healthcare Trade Union Federation, Blerim Syla, told BIRN that the initiative still needs to be approved by the Kosovo Assembly, but argued that May 1 is a relic of the Yugoslav era.
Kosovo Public Sector Unions Oppose Proposed Pay Grades
Amid an ongoing debate in Kosovo over the pay of the Prime Minister, which Ramush Haradinaj has doubled, the government is meeting union discontent over a new Law on Levelling Salaries.