ZAGREB, Aug 3 (Hina) - Employees with the Slavonski Brod "Veterinary Station", a company undergoing bankruptcy proceedings, on Tuesday announced a protest meeting in front of the government building in Zagreb's St Mark's Square for
Wednesday. The employees demand from the Finance Ministry to revoke a ban imposed on the use of the company's property, so that by selling its property funds could be obtained for the payment of workers' creditor claims, said the commissioner of the Association of Independent Trade Unions of Croatia (SSSH) for Slavonski Brod County, Mato Kolundzic. Workers at the "Veterinary Station" believe their claims amounting to 5.5 million kuna can be completely covered by selling the immovable assets which the company no longer needs, such as several old farms and village veterinary stations. Veterinarians who work in those stations want to buy them but are unable to do so becaus
ZAGREB, Aug 3 (Hina) - Employees with the Slavonski Brod
"Veterinary Station", a company undergoing bankruptcy
proceedings, on Tuesday announced a protest meeting in front of the
government building in Zagreb's St Mark's Square for Wednesday.
The employees demand from the Finance Ministry to revoke a ban
imposed on the use of the company's property, so that by selling its
property funds could be obtained for the payment of workers'
creditor claims, said the commissioner of the Association of
Independent Trade Unions of Croatia (SSSH) for Slavonski Brod
County, Mato Kolundzic.
Workers at the "Veterinary Station" believe their claims amounting
to 5.5 million kuna can be completely covered by selling the
immovable assets which the company no longer needs, such as several
old farms and village veterinary stations. Veterinarians who work
in those stations want to buy them but are unable to do so because of
the ban imposed on the use of the company's property, said
Kolundzic.
According to Kolundzic, the beginning of the business collapse of
the once largest veterinary station in south-east Europe is late
1996, when 'Maksima' company, owned by Ivica Leovic, became its
majority owner. Kolundzic claims Leovic had illegally leased to
himself the facilities of the "Veterinary Station", which is why
the union sued him. The commercial court ruled the cancellation of
the lease and ordered distraint and eviction, but 'Maksima' filed
an appeal and the case was sent to the High Commercial Court and
later to the Supreme Court, which has not discussed it yet.
The protesters say they will bring with them some of 10,000 laying
hens for which there are no proper facilities, and distribute them
to Zagreb residents and police officers, should they be prevented
from accessing St Mark's Square.
(hina) rml