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Arianita Hoti
- June 24, 2025 19:28
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Around 280 security workers at UCCK have been left without employment contracts, after the tender for physical security was cancelled by the PRB. Until a new contract is signed, the security of the facility is being temporarily covered by the Kosovo Police. On Tuesday, the workers met with UCCK management, but no agreement was reached.
Around 280 security workers at the University Clinical Center of Kosovo have been left without an employment contract, after the tender was cancelled by the Procurement Review Body following complaints from several operators.
Shaip Hajrezi, one of the security workers, says that this situation has been repeated since 2023.
According to him, they were promised payment for the overtime hours, but they were not delivered.
"This tender has been canceled several times since 2023. Instead of paying us properly, they have taken about 150 euros from our salary. The last company paid us with a new contract for only two months, but still with old conditions. We work 192 hours a month, they promised us payment for overtime, but we have not received it. We only receive 390 euros in salary, we are not even compensated for overtime. We do not even have annual leave. I have been working for 26 years and they tell me that I am not entitled to leave," said Hajrezi.
Hajriz Qiriqi has also said that injustice is being done to them.
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UCCK and SHSKUK do not take responsibility for not contracting the physical security service.
"They moved us from the state to the private sector, and now the company takes half of our salary. Instead of getting 700 euros, I only get 390, sometimes 400. The company takes 250 euros from us every month. I don't know how they dare to treat us like this, no one counts on us, we are in a very difficult situation," said Qiriqi.
On Tuesday, the workers, along with the president of the Independent Private Sector Union, Jusuf Azemi, met with the interim director of QKUK, Osman Hajdari, but no agreement was reached.
After the meeting ended, the director stated that temporarily security at UCCK will be covered by the Kosovo Police.
"I have asked the Police to stay until a new contract is signed. From today, even in physical form, the police will determine the key points as they see fit to cover them. What I, as management, believe is that QKUK has physical security from the Kosovo Police, so we are not without physical security," said Hajdari.
The head of the UCCK Union, Hakif Sylejmani, said that workers have been unprotected until now.
Meanwhile, Jusuf Azemi, from the Private Sector Union, said that until the new contract is signed, the workers will not return to work.
"I have had all the workers at risk at points. We cannot be at work without a contract, they offer us a guarantee that we can continue working with these workers. QKUK is a high-ranking institution, and the workers are without uniforms. This is strange," said Sylejmani.
"Today is a different moment that our institutions, when their contracts expired, workers have been working without a contract. All those workers will stay at home until a contract is made. We no longer want to serve anyone, this is individual interest, companies are pushing each other. We have decided that all workers will not stay until a new contract is signed with the workers," said Azemi.
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Security workers at UCCK, left without jobs, announce strike
Following the PRB's decision, UCCK announced that it had terminated the contract signed more than two months ago for the physical security of the facilities.
The announcement emphasizes that this institution has taken immediate steps to conclude a new contract.
