ABOUT
US: CONFEDERATION OF AUTONOMOUS TRADE UNIONS OF SERBIA
Confederation of Autonomous Trade Unions of Serbia is a trade
union organization with the longest tradition in Serbia. It
was born on March 9 1903 by a decision of various professional
and local organizations (created in the second half of the
19th century), to associate and establish, for the first time
in Serbian history, one trade union confederation - the Workers’
Confederation of Serbia. Federations of workers in the branches
of construction, metal manufacturing, commerce and printing
as well as Workers Society of Belgrade participated in its
creation.
In the period after the revolution Confederation was made
part of the new social system in which it had not possibility
to act autonomously. Still it took part in the process of
self – management which for many years attracted the attention
of foreign observers as an original form of socialism.
Today, The Confederation is composed of 29 professional federations
and 106 local confederations, covering all professions and
the whole Serbia. According to the latest data based on application
cards, it has about 850 000 members (80% of them paying regularly
their membership fees). Membership in the organization is
voluntary.
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