Mental Health Issues in a Rural Community and the Importance of Having a Job

[noemi]

What an impressive story @Slavko, and I have to say how much I appreciate your courage to share something so personal.

@Slavko

I think they gave the money for our salaries, but that is not an option anymore. There are stories that they will close the factory if things don’t change. Some people left the factory and got a job in another, similar foreign company in a town nearby. Pays are higher if the factory is in a bigger town.

In a way it’s sad to see that in pandemic times these factories for non-essential goods are still open, jeopardizing employees, but at the same time I’m wondering what would people do if they had to stay at home and the government is not providing partial/technical unemployment support? Did you get support or did you have to always work throughout 2020?

I won’t say anything about foreign companies changing shops from one place in the East to farther East, leaving unemployment behind them, because you probably know this story too well. I’ve seen it as well in Romania - with the Nokia factory, and recently Bosch. But I got so inspired about what @Dragan_Jonic’s group of activists are doing to fight for Stara Planina…! Do you think this kind of work can help revitalise life in a village and give people hope? Kako prepoznati vrednost domaće hrane, boriti se sa velikim poljoprivrednim konglomeratima i ubediti poljoprivrednike da se bave tradicionalnom proizvodnjom?

Thanks again for sharing your story!

P.S. In me, you have another Lynch fan over here, but I haven’t had the guts (literally speaking) to rewatch Twin Peaks or Mulholland Drive since many years now… !