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**Jugoremedija** is a pharmaceutical factory in Zrenjanin,
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[Serbia](Serbia "wikilink") that saw an episode of
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[strikes](List_of_Strikes "wikilink") from 2003 to 2004 before seeing
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[workers' control](Workers'_Self-Management "wikilink") from
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[2006](Timeline_of_Libertarian_Socialism_in_Southern_Asia "wikilink").
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## Background
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The Serbian state sold illegally sold its 68% of shares of ownership to
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capitalists and reduced the share of employee ownership from 58% to 32%.
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In protest, workers at the factory went on strike and were attacked by
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private security forces. Who used dogs to attack strikers and security
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forces dislocated several peoples arms. In response, workers would fight
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back and lay down in front of security vans and military vehicles.
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Eventually, the private security forces evicted all workers and
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illegally fired them.\[1\]
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## Worker Cooperative
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Serbian courts eventually ruled that the state's ownership structure
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changes were illegal and restored the workers' 58 percent ownership in
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the factory. The workers announced plans to begin a program of workers'
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control.\[2\] The company went bankrupt in 2012 in suspicious
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circumstances, as the former owner tried to destroy the factory with
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complete support from the state.\[3\]\[4\]
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## References
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<references />
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1. [Andrej Grubačić](Andrej_Grubačić "wikilink") (2010) - [Don't Mourn,
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Balkanize\! Essays After
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Yugoslavia](Don't_Mourn,_Balkanize!_Essays_After_Yugoslavia "wikilink")
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2.
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3. <https://insajder.net/sr/sajt/tema/13563/>
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4. <https://www.bbc.com/serbian/lat/srbija-47375337> |