SSSH LEADER JURIC: DALMATIA WAS CENTRE OF TYCOONISATION

SPLIT, July 6 (Hina) - Croatian Federation of Independent Unions (SSSH) President Davor Juric on Thursday said this union's estimation of the current economic and social state of affairs in the country differed from the Government's marks. At a session of the SSSH Council in the biggest coastal city of Split, Juric said "the growth in the Croatian Gross Domestic Product, which the government likes to cite, does not reflect on the improvement of the social position of workers, while the announcements by the Government about a further wave of bankruptcy procedures aggravates the economic and social situation in the country." He added that nevertheless a contract on a just Croatia, signed before the election by six parties which now constitute the ruling coalition, was proceeding well. The SSSH supports the tax policy of the incumbent Government, Juric said asserting it would not burden the living standards of workers. The SSSH leader voiced satisfaction that a new labour law incorporated a majority of proposals unions had given such as the right to the strike action and employers' obligation to calculate and give a statement on the salary for each worker each month, regardless whether it could be paid. Juric said the economic situation was particularly grave in southern Croatia as "Dalmatia was systematically destroyed in last ten years and was the heart of the process of tycoonisation in Croatia." (hina) jn ms