Gradove smo vam podigli
We built cities for you

Author(s): Domagoj Mihaljević, Artan Sadiku, Mario Reljanović, Lidija Radojević, Ana Podvršić, Boris Postnikov, Iskra Krstić, Ivan Radenković, Maja Solar, Ivana Vaseva, Isidora Ilić, Boško Prostran, Rade Pantić, Ines Tanović, Boriša Mraović
Contributor(s): Vida Knežević (Editor), Marko Miletić (Editor)
Subject(s): History, Labor relations, Post-War period (1950 - 1989), History of Communism
Published by: Centar za kulturnu dekontaminaciju
Keywords: Yugoslav socialism; self-management; labor migration; social transformation
Summary/Abstract: When in the mid-sixties, speaking about the position of workers, the then president of the Federation of Trade Unions of Yugoslavia declared that "if the workers are not well, let them strike!", he had no idea that this would soon become a Yugoslav reality. During the 1980s, strikes became a regular occurrence in cities across the country. From "Trepča" to "TAM", from "Labin" to "Zmaj", workers went on strike demanding better working and living conditions, and against austerity measures and the neoliberal restructuring of Yugoslavia, which was supported and pushed primarily by the political and economic leadership.

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