Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic on Monday urged workers at a local Fiat plant to end a strike which has entered its second week, saying the country could face a hit to economic output and jobs if the dispute drags on, the Tanjug news agency reported, reports Mia Nikolic.
The car making joint venture based in the central Serbian city of Kragujevac is 67 percent owned by Fiat and 33 percent by the state, with production accounting for 3 percent of Serbia's economic output and around 8 percent of exports.
The plant, which employs around 2,400 people, manufactured 100,000 cars a year in 2015. Last year, the venture cut jobs with a mix of voluntary and compulsory redundancies and reduced daily production shifts from three to two.
The strike started late last month as workers demanded better wages and a reduced workload. Unions said they unsuccessfully sought negotiations with management.
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