A group of former workers of the Bauxite Mines in Nikšić briefly blocked the rails used to ship bauxite, 8 June 2022

Dissatisfied that for years they have not succeeded in getting a difference of 15 wages, from minimum to full wages, for the period before the introduction of bankruptcy, a group of former workers of Nikšić Bauxite Mines briefly blocked the rails used to ship bauxite.

They said that if they do not reach an agreement with the bankruptcy administration regarding the payment of the money owed to them, that they will organize a round-the-clock blockade of the rail...

As they said, they are aware that the company Uniprom Metali, which manages Bauxite assets, does not owe them any claims and that by blocking the rails they will in fact block the work of Uniprom, they said that they are no longer interested in who owes them and who will pay them the money because they are too much waited, and they also "have a share" in the ore that is taken away.

For about 270 workers, unpaid claims for the difference from minimum to full wages amount to about two million euros, an average of 5.000 to 7.000 euros

"We are forced to make such moves...They thought we would forget about our money. We conducted proceedings in the Commercial Court, which rejected our request to include the salary differences in the first payment order. The Court of Appeal then ruled in our favor and the funds entered the first payment order," said Vitomir Krulanović...

Milojica Knežević said that everyone had deceived them and said that the workers will not give up their demands, and that the blockade of the removal of ore will last until the bankruptcy administration or the government signs a contract with them in which they undertake to pay them the money they claim...