Fiat Automobiles

BELGRADE - A new round of talks among the Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) Serbia management, the strike committee and the Serbian government was concluded shortly before 2 pm on Thursday.

A source in the government told Tanjug the parties had agreed to continue the dialogue but that no public statements would be made at this stage of the talks.

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BELGRADE - Tripartite negotiations of the Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) Serbia management, representatives of the strike committee and the Serbian government, represented by PM Ana Brnabic, are over for today and will resume Thursday.

The head of the strike committee Zoran Markovic declined to elaborate on the talks, but said they were constructive.

KRAGUJEVAC - Serbian PM Ana Brnabic has reached an agreement with workers at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) Serbia to end their strike and start negotiations.

At late Tuesday's closed-door meeting in the Kragujevac City Hall that lasted over two hours, Brnabic spoke with representatives of the disgruntled workers of FCA Serbia, where production had been halted on June 27.

Serbia's ruling SNS party on Friday called on the government to "once again examine any legal possibilities that would allow it to publish the Fiat contract."

The contact in question is secret, and concerns the establishment of the company Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FAC) Serbia - whose workers recently took strike action over excessive workload and low wages.

Serbia's ruling SNS party on Friday called on the government to "once again examine any legal possibilities that would allow it to publish the Fiat contract."

KRAGUJEVAC - FIAT Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) Serbia workers, who have been on strike since late last month, on Tuesday requested PM Ana Brnabic to come to Kragujevac for talks and that a negotiating team or a crisis headquarters be set up as soon as possible to mediate between the plant's management and the strike committee, Independence Trade Union leader Zoran Stanic told Tanjug.

BELGRADE - "Serious malintent" and political interests are behind the strike at FIAT Chrysler Automobiles Serbia, says Serbian PM Ana Brnabic.

"I think that political interests are behind this and that the workers have been manipulated," Brnabic told the RTS.

Negotiations are being held between the Fiat Serbia management, representatives of the strike committee and the government, represented by PM Ana Brnabic.

Tanjug reported this late on Wednesday, adding that the negotiations would resume "on Thursday."

After the strike by Fiat Chrysler Automobiles' workers, which started on June 27, ended on Tuesday, and negotiations mediated by the Prime Minister were set to begin on Wednesday.

The strike ended after a two-hour meeting between the country's new Prime Minister, Ana Brnabic, and union representatives in the southern city of Kragujevac, where Fiat is based.

The consequences of the strike in Fiat cpuld be detrimental to Serbia and lead to the withdrawal of foreign investors from our country, says FM Ivica Dacic.