SPLIT, July 9 (Hina) - Two-and-a-half-thousand workers employed in Split-based company "Diokom" on Friday began a general strike to last until the government and competent ministry meet their demands, representatives of the company's
trade union told reporters in the southern Croatian port on Friday. Unpaid salaries for May were the motive for the strike, but according to unionists, deeper reasons include non-compliance with the work agreement and permanent fears for "Diokom's" future. The government invested some US$9 million to financially restructure the company, but according to workers, the restructuring backfired. They claim the company "has not been fixed for successful business, but for bare survival directed at the preservation of social peace." Union representatives say the strike will cause huge damage, even cancellations of agreements with foreign partners, put point out their patience has been tried one time
SPLIT, July 9 (Hina) - Two-and-a-half-thousand workers employed in
Split-based company "Diokom" on Friday began a general strike to
last until the government and competent ministry meet their
demands, representatives of the company's trade union told
reporters in the southern Croatian port on Friday.
Unpaid salaries for May were the motive for the strike, but
according to unionists, deeper reasons include non-compliance with
the work agreement and permanent fears for "Diokom's" future.
The government invested some US$9 million to financially
restructure the company, but according to workers, the
restructuring backfired. They claim the company "has not been fixed
for successful business, but for bare survival directed at the
preservation of social peace."
Union representatives say the strike will cause huge damage, even
cancellations of agreements with foreign partners, put point out
their patience has been tried one time too many. They claim they
have been double-crossed by the company's administrative and
supervisory boards and the government.
The unionists demand that the City of Split exempt them from paying
municipal services until the company has come out of crisis, and the
company's administrative board and Split-Dalmacija County to find
strategic partners to entirely privatise the company.
They also demand a DM10 million long-term loan for technological
reconstruction.
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