text: Yugo Zastava workers ' protest enters 2nd week . BELGRADE 1996-08-26 Thousands of workers of Serbia 's Zastava arms factory entered the second week of protests on Monday over unpaid wages and the lack of a programme to revive the plant 's production . " We are stubborn , have strength and time to persist until our demands are met , " said the factory 's trade union secretary Dragutin Stanojlovic . " We are united and we are waiting for the government to decide what to do with us . " Trade unions demanded payment of June and July wages and last year 's holiday pay , and called on government to develop a revival programme for the plant . The former Yugoslav national army consumed 90 percent of Zastava 's pre-war output , but like the rest of Yugoslavia 's economy , the new army of Serbia and Montenegro is crippled by lack of funds . In Kragujevac where the plant is based , 9,000 to 10,000 people gathered in the central square to express their bitterness at what Stanojlovic called government indifference . The ruling Socialist Party last week accused Serbia 's opposition of stirring up social unrest and using workers ' already difficult social position for their own interests . " Late wages , no work and ( the lack of a ) production programme are the main reasons for their protests , " a senior member of the local Socialist Party branch told Reuters . " But there is a significant influence of opposition parties that are collecting points ahead of coming elections . " Federal Yugoslav elections are due on November 3 . The party official said the union 's figure on the number of protesters was exaggerated . " There were about 1,400 to 1,600 people at the protest today -- much less then last week . " But there were more observers and passers by , " he said . -- Gordana Kukic , Belgrade Newsroom +381 11 222 4254