"ZAGREPCANKA" WORKERS PROTEST OUTSIDE CROATIAN PARLIAMENT

ZAGREB, Dec 13 (Hina) - About a hundred workers of the "Zagrepcanka" chain of stores on Wednesday staged a peaceful protest outside the Croatian parliament building, supporting amendments to the bankruptcy law in line with which salaries and dismissal wages would be paid to workers in companies undergoing bankruptcy proceedings. The amendments, moved by the Croatian Party of Rights (HSP), includes the establishment of a fund which would secure the payment of salaries to workers. Workers were distributing fliers to representatives, stressing that "Zagrepcanka" employers were getting fired without receiving three late salaries and dismissal wages. Representatives of workers, headed by president of Zagreb's Association of Trade Unions Mario Ivankovic, were received by Croatian parliament speaker Zlatko Tomcic. Tomcic said he would investigate why the government failed to respond when the issue of "Zagrepcanka" would be solved and whether the company's management board and supervisory committee would take the responsibility, Ivekovic said after the talks. Tomcic also said he would, in line with his authorities, establish why the parliament failed to ratify a convention of the International Labour Organisation. (hina) it