Novi Sindikat is a general-type labor union
that organizes workers in all sectors and
industries throughout Croatia.

  • Global Solidarity: Indian Garment Workers Support Orljava Staff in Severance Pay Dispute

    The Union of Textile Workers from Bangalore, India, organized a solidarity action with the workers of Požeška Orljava! About 150 workers gathered telling Olympus to pay severance pay to their workers. Together we are stronger!

  • Continuation of Orljava’s Workers’ Severance Campaign

    More than 70 former Orljava workers gathered this morning in front of Orljava’s store in Požega. The gathering is part of the agreement from the December gathering organized by the New Union, which was also the beginning of the international campaign for severance pay 172…

  • Croatian Government and Olymp Held Responsible for Orljava Crisis

    Yesterday at 11 a.m., the new union organized a gathering of Orljava workers and a press conference. Over 50 former Orljava workers gathered and carried banners with messages: “We want severance pay”, “Government of the Republic of Croatia and Olympe, pay severance pay”, “We want…

  • Novi sindikat Demands Unpaid Severance Pay for Orljava Workers

    We are also looking for the involvement of the Government of the Republic of Croatia in the case of the Orljava factory. Since it is obvious from the actions of the Government of the Republic of Croatia that it has no intention of supporting the…

  • Orljava Workers Win Severance Pay

    After 18 months of fighting, campaigning with the Clean Clothes Campaign international network, and numerous meetings, press conferences, and protests, Orljava workers have won their severance pay. At its session on March 2, the Croatian Government made a formal decision to pay severance to 237…

  • Novi Sindikat Announces Protests: Revija Workers Demand Unpaid Wages

    Former employees of the Šibenik textile factory Revija are not giving up on their claims for unpaid salaries and severance pay. Representatives of Novi sindikat announced in Šibenik on Tuesday that workers will protest at St. Mark’s Square in Zagreb this September if the Government…

  • Improving Conditions in the Textile Industry through Cooperation between Civil Society and Trade Unions

    Debts and layoffs of workers in the textile industry, along with exerting pressure on fashion brands, were the main topics of the meeting of the Croatian-Bosnian coalition of the international network Clean Clothes Campaign (CCC), held last weekend (September 1 and 2) in Teslić, Bosnia…

  • Support for Textile Workers in Sri Lanka

    About 300 members of the Free Trade Zone and General Services Employees Union (FTZ & GSEU) at the Sumithra Hasalaka plant in Colombo, Sri Lanka, have been on strike since Saturday, February 10, 2024. After factory management physically attacked and attempted to prevent union members…