Workers in foreign-owned factories in Leskovac and Vlasotinac express dissatisfaction with their working conditions, claiming that their rights are being violated and safety measures need improvement, according to a survey by the Security Research Center.
The survey, which focused on the safety of workers in these factories, revealed that 45% of respondents reported experiencing insults and humiliation from their bosses. An additional 27% said they had not personally been humiliated but had witnessed it happening to others at work. About 16% reported neither experiencing nor witnessing such treatment, while 11% said they were insulted or humiliated by a colleague. Only 1% claimed they had never experienced or witnessed any form of mistreatment.
The survey also found that 25% of respondents felt their physical safety was threatened due to the company’s lack of adequate safety measures, while 21% were directly threatened by their boss. However, 21% stated that they always felt safe at work.
In terms of job security, 53% of participants had been threatened with dismissal several times, 25% had never faced such threats, 21% experienced a single threat, and 1% reported indirect threats without direct confrontation.
None of the participants believed their work positively impacted their health. Additionally, 75% of workers felt they were underpaid, 19% were somewhat satisfied with their salaries, 5% were fully satisfied, and 1% were uncertain about whether they were adequately compensated.
Most respondents were from Leskovac (93%), with smaller numbers from Vlasotinac (5%), Lebane (3%) and Belgrade (1%).
