Podgorica, (Montena-business)- There are 1,300 workers in Montenegro to whom still is not paid about DEM 2,3 million related to their wages and working age, it was said by a CITUM representative at a press conference. The CITUM’s vice-president, Radule Djukanovic said that this amount should have been paid by April this year, according to the given promises, but it was not done by today. He said that 10 companies from Podgorica, among them are the City’s Transport Company, the Duklja Company, Trgopres Company and Papir Company, announced a protest because of unpaid salaries tomorrow at 8 a.m. in front of the Ministry of Labour. Reminding the bad material position of Montenegrin workers, Djukanovic said that in the post-privatisation period the questions of further managing of the companies, entrepreneur initiations, and the questions of property and protection of rights over property as well, were opened. “The value of DEM 2,3 billion, which represents the State’s capital predicted to be privatised by the MVP, was over-estimated with 50%. There are no exact details on the companies’ situation at the period when the Funds took over the State’s companies or today’s situation” claims Djukanovic. The president of the CITUM’s organisation in textile production and chemical industry, Vidak Djukanovic said that the protest by workers of the Konkol Company from Kolasin and the Javorak Company from Niksic was announced for tomorrow, and that the workers of the Tis Company from Savnik, joined by their director, were in strike already. He reported that the workers in the Factory for light and protected confection announced a protest for Saturday, 29 December. “The company’s workers received their last salaries in June 2001, and by that time they got no salary and their working time had not been registered. About 70% of the company’s workers do not work, and there is a high number of employed in textile industry who has no minimal health protection any more” said Djukanovic. According to him, the problems are visible in the Koni Company from Niksic, the Bokeljka Company from Kotor, and Konkol from Bijelo Polje, which was privatised unfavourably for the workers, as Djukanovic claimed.