The Police Union of Serbia (PSS) Monday went on strike in all 27 police departments in Serbia, PSS President Veljko Mijailovic told Tanjug on the same day, adding that the strike would be ended as soon as police workers were paid overdue travel and per diem costs.

Mijailovic said that the union, counting more than 13,000 members, was demanding from the ministry in charge to adopt a decision on the peaceful resolution of labor disputes, in order to equalize the position of employees of the Interior Ministry (MUP) with that of other civil servants.

Mijailovic expressed the expectation that MUP would respond to the legal work stoppage by inviting the union representatives for discussions.

Representatives of seven police trade unions, the PSS being the only representative one, reached an agreement with Interior Minister Ivica Dacic Thursday to cancel the strike that had been announced for Friday, June 10.

The union's main requests were payment of funds to improve the financial status of police officers, the implementation of the Special Collective Agreement and the completion of the draft amendments to the Law on Police.