The Law on Salaries is the reason this year can be called the year of strikes and protests. The unions in Kosovo are not withdrawing from their request for this law to be approved, and if this request is not realized by March, as promised by the government, they warn of strikes and protests. In addition to passing a law that will regulate salaries at the national level, unions are demanding that their representatives be part of the working group to draft the same.

The President of the Union of Independent Trade Unions of Kosovo, Atdhe Hykolli, says that the request of the unions for the approval of the Law on Salaries is extremely fair. He says that they will not withdraw from their request for this law to get the green light during the first quarter of this year, on the contrary emphasizes that they will take trade union action. "We believe that the demands of the unions, I am also saying the demands of the UITUK, we believe that they will be realized, but we are in non-stop contact with our members and at any moment we are ready to act as trade unionists. Our demands are right, the Law on Salaries should go to the Assembly, to be part of the discussions of the Law on Salaries, so that it can be voted on and move forward…  We do not want to go to strikes and protests, but if we have no other way out then they are also an option to achieve our goals", said Hykolli. The United Trade Union of Education, Science and Culture (SBASHK) last year had announced a protest on December 4, but later canceled it after the Government promised that the law would go to the Assembly in March. If this promise is not fulfilled, the president of this union, Rrahman Jasharaj, says that they will take union actions to seek the approval of the Law on Salaries. The teacher's representative points out that if they go on strike then the lost hours will not be replaced. "It all depends on what March will be, and especially what the end of March will bring us, it does not depend on us, it depends on the Kurti Government. If they work and keep their words and promises we will congratulate them publicly, but if they consider that this deadline can be extended, let them know that SBASHK will then return to membership, I will ask the membership and the Steering Council, which is the highest body, to make a decision and if things do not happen properly, I am afraid that the end of March will bring us to the situation we once had exactly for this law, when we were forced to go on strike, which then lasted three weeks", said Jasharaj. On the other hand, Blerim Syla, president of the Health Trade Union Federation of Kosovo, is skeptical that the law will be approved in March this year, for which he says that strikes are inevitable. "This is bad news for the people first, because we have suspended the strike precisely for the sake of the people, because of the seasonal flu that we have many cases, and after the holidays we will discuss once again with the Steering Council, in coordination with other unions, you know that they have promised that somewhere in March the Law on Salaries will be approved. I personally am very skeptical, but if it does not work then you know the statements of all unions, including health, education, civil servants, then there is a fear that we will have the beginning of a slightly stronger union reaction in Kosovo", said Syla. In addition to passing the law, unions are demanding that union representatives be part of the working group to draft it. The President of the Union of Independent Trade Unions of Kosovo, Atdhe Hykolli, says that the participation of trade unions in the working group is very important, as it is the workers who are affected by this law. "The Law on Salaries is very important and we think that this law should go as soon as possible, but of course, the unions should also be part of the draft law because it mostly affects this category of workers. The law on salaries is very important because it also stabilizes the state, it also stabilizes the economic side of the state, for this reason we are asking for the law on salaries to be drafted, approved, but we must be very careful", he said. The government had initially promised that the Law on Salaries would be approved by the Assembly by the end of November, which did not happen. The Law on Salaries was approved by the government led by former Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj, but it was overturned by the Constitutional Court.