BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 4607 HINA ZAGREB, MAY 4

HR-BULLETIN-Politika BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 4607 HINA ZAGREB, MAY 4 UNIONS:GOVERNMENT MAKING CONCESSIONS FACED WITH UNION PRESSURESZAGREB, May 4 (Hina) - Unions on Saturday supported the fact that the government had announced it would give up from reducing workers' rights. They said the government made the concessions faced with pressures of announced Labour Day protests. "After all union activities, it was to be expected that the government would realise the necessity of compromise," president of the Alliance of Independent Croatian Unions, Davor Juric, told Hina. According to some media, the government is prepared to make partial concessions and give up from its suggestion that small-company owners with less than 20 employees can fire workers without any explanations. The unions are satisfied with the concession, but are still threatening with strikes if the government does not give up from reducing redundancy pay and dismissal notices, and if it forwards into parliament