ZAGREB, June 3 (Hina) - Five union federations have abandoned plans to ask their members whether they should go on general strike, since the unions will not put this question in a referendum on amendments to the Labour Act.
ZAGREB, June 3 (Hina) - Five union federations have abandoned plans
to ask their members whether they should go on general strike, since
the unions will not put this question in a referendum on amendments
to the Labour Act. #L#
At the referendum, to be held on June 16-18, only one question will
be posed: "Are the results of negotiations of the government,
unions and employers on amendments to the Labour Act and the set of
accompanying laws acceptable?", reporters were told Thursday.
The referendum will be held for 450,000 union members. It will be
valid only if at least two-thirds of the members vote, i.e. 300,000,
the president of the Federation of Croatian Independent Unions,
Davor Juric, said.
Depending on the result, unions will subsequently reach an
agreement on possible gradual union activities and pressures on the
government, said Juric.
The head of the Independent Croatian Unions, Kresimir Sever, said
it would be inappropriate to ask about a general strike after the
umbrella association of Croatian public servants' union had given
up from taking part in the referendum and the general strike.
The president of the Federation of Workers' Unions, Boris Kunst,
believes that unions should organise protests on the day when MPs
should discuss the amendments to the Labour Act.
The union federations' leaders reiterated again they were not
completely satisfied with the results of negotiations, so they
would continue to lobby for their interests with party benches and
parliamentary committees.
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