SISAK IRONWORKS EMPLOYEES STILL WITHOUT JOB AND SALARIES

SISAK, Oct 30 (Hina) - A union leader, Mato Somic, on Wednesday said that workers of the Ironworks in the Croatian town of Sisak would be still laid off, pursuant to a decision of the managing director, Kresimir Landeka. #L# The management laid off 1,700 workers on 1 October, given that there were no conditions for regular manufacturing. A unionist, Somic, said the management had not still paid salaries to workers for August and September, although Landeka announced on 22 October that the salaries in arrears would be paid at the beginning of this week. At a rally they held on 22 October, the employees set a deadline for 1 November when the management and the owner, Austrian-Russian company "Trubo Impex", were to pay the salaries. The workers said that in the case the owner failed to meet their obligations by the deadline, they would ask the Commercial Court in Zagreb to immediately terminate the procurement contract with "Trubo Impex", and announced other actions aimed at the protection of the rights of 1,700 workers of the Sisak-based Ironworks. (hina) ms sb