ZAGREB, June 11 (Hina) - A delegation of the Croatian Trade Union of Post and Telecommunications (HSPT) and veterans' associations on Friday reached an agreement with Finance Minister Borislav Skegro after staging a protest rally in a
downtown Zagreb square and organising a day-long strike in post and telecommunications services. The strike was organised by the HSPT in sign of disagreement with a government motion on the privatisation of Croatian Telecommunications (HT). A delegation of the HSPT and Croatian Homeland War veterans' associations agreed with Skegro that at its next session, the government will include two union's and veterans' representatives in the Commission for the Privatisation of HT, HSPT Secretary-General Josip Pupic told reporters. He assessed the agreement as very important because it gives HT employees the possibility of supervising the sale of t
ZAGREB, June 11 (Hina) - A delegation of the Croatian Trade Union of
Post and Telecommunications (HSPT) and veterans' associations on
Friday reached an agreement with Finance Minister Borislav Skegro
after staging a protest rally in a downtown Zagreb square and
organising a day-long strike in post and telecommunications
services.
The strike was organised by the HSPT in sign of disagreement with a
government motion on the privatisation of Croatian
Telecommunications (HT).
A delegation of the HSPT and Croatian Homeland War veterans'
associations agreed with Skegro that at its next session, the
government will include two union's and veterans' representatives
in the Commission for the Privatisation of HT, HSPT Secretary-
General Josip Pupic told reporters.
He assessed the agreement as very important because it gives HT
employees the possibility of supervising the sale of the company's
shares and the selection of a strategic investor.
It was also agreed to continue negotiations on HT's privatisation
on June 28.
Contentious remains the percentage of HT shares to be offered for
purchase to the company's employees and veterans. The HSPT and
veterans' associations demand a 15 percent share, whereas the
government motion suggest seven.
Pupic said that according to Minister Skegro, if HT succeeds in
reaching a good price, some 30,000 employees seeking the right to a
privileged purchase of the company's shares could in the second
round purchase them in the worth of DM15,000 which, Pupic added, was
close to the DM20,000 sum demanded by the HSPT. He stressed the
union would not lower the company's price via its activities.
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