LETTER OF SUPPORT TO THE WORKERS OF KAMENSKOJI
B.a.B.e. i Kuća ljudskih prava izražavaju podršku radnicama Kamenskog koje zbog neisplate plaća za posljednjih 5 mjeseci štrajkaju glađu. Smatramo da se u trenutku dok Vlada RH pokušava dokazati funkcioniranje pravne države u sklopu pregovora o poglavlju 23 događa eklatantni primjer kršenja radničkih prava, upravo zbog sporosti i neefikasnosti pravnog sustava. Neprihvatljivo je, da se u državi koja želi biti pravno i opće civilizacijski uređena, sva težina ekonomske krize i poslovanja pojedinih poduzeća stavlja na one koji svoje obaveze uredno izvršavaju, a imaju najmanje moći – radnike. U slučajevima poput ovog, pravosudna tijela trebaju u najhitnijem roku pokrenuti sve mehanizme zaštite radnika, a pitanje opstanka ili propasti tvrtke trebaju snositi oni u čiji djelokrug odgovornosti ta pitanja spadaju: Uprava i vlasnici. Ako država želi pomoći tvrtkama da opstanu, ne može to raditi na način da dopušta neisplate obveza poslodavaca prema radnicima, već može koristiti druge mehanizme izravne pomoći poduzećima.
We remind the Government of the Republic of Croatia that the right to work and adequate compensation for work is a constitutionally guaranteed right and that the state is obliged to enable the realization of this right. This case is just one in a series in which it is evident that the realization of this right through the legal system is not ensured in a way that prevents the violation of not only workers' but also fundamental human rights, especially the right to human dignity. We call on the Government of the Republic of Croatia to resolve the issue of payment of back wages to Kamensko workers as soon as possible, and for the state to step in instead of the workers in place of the creditors of the Kamensko company, given that it has much more powerful mechanisms and means of debt collection.
We find it unacceptable that debts to public companies for company overhead costs take priority over the payment of salaries to workers, or that company management members receive salaries at the moment they owe them to workers. This practice shows that the rights of workers, especially workers in the manufacturing sector, are the least protected.
We support the workers of Kamenski to use all available legal means, but also to use their legal right to strike, considering that despite the proposals for bankruptcy proceedings in June, the same has not yet been initiated, and that the Management is still unable to say in what time frame they will pay the debt to the employees.
We will make all our resources necessary to provide legal and psychological assistance to Kamenski workers during these difficult times.
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Human Rights House
Center for Peace Studies
