TRADE UNIONS ANNOUNCE 110TH LABOUR DAY CELEBRATION IN ZAGREB

ZAGREB, April 27 (Hina) - Croatia's trade union federations on Thursday announced May 1 would be celebrated in Zagreb's Maksimir park, with the customary bean broth and beer, for the 110th time. The Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Croatia (SSSH) invited the capital's residents to join a union procession which will rally at Zagreb's central Ban Jelavic Square at 10 a.m. on May 1 and walk towards Maksimir, where Premier Ivica Racan and President Stipe Mesic are to join in. This year's Labour Day celebrations will be held under the motto "For the Dignity of Labour, For the Dignity of the Worker". SSSH expects about 100,000 Zagreb residents at the celebrations, which will feature live music and offer over 6,000 traditional May 1 bean broth meals and 2,000 litres of beer. SSSH will organise similar May 1 celebrations in other larger Croatian towns. The Association of Workers' Unions of Croatia too invited its members and residents to join the bean broth and beer celebrations. The Association will urge the government to stop the rising unemployment rate and the non-payment of salaries, incite production and employment, and fulfil pre-electoral promises of an urgent revision of privatisation, changes in the tax system and labour legislation. (hina) ha jn