ZAGREB, Sept 20 (Hina) - Former employees with Komercijalna Banka in bankruptcy, who held a 40-day-long sit-in in the bank's offices in Frankopanska Street in Zagreb protesting against the bankruptcy trustee, Stipe Hrkac, on Monday
morning began leaving the bank's premises and allowing Hrkac and the creditors' committee to take over the building. Forty five (45) ex-workers are leaving the bank's building in Frankopanska and another seven branches in Zagreb today. The trustee in bankruptcy concluded work contracts with 28 employees for their job during the bankruptcy proceedings. Hrkac is offering such contracts to another 17 workers - protesters. They have declined it so far insisting on the conclusion of contracts with all former employees. On Monday, Hrkac told reporters he regretted that conflict had occurred with workers and pinned the blame on union leaders "who have been
ZAGREB, Sept 20 (Hina) - Former employees with Komercijalna Banka
in bankruptcy, who held a 40-day-long sit-in in the bank's offices
in Frankopanska Street in Zagreb protesting against the bankruptcy
trustee, Stipe Hrkac, on Monday morning began leaving the bank's
premises and allowing Hrkac and the creditors' committee to take
over the building.
Forty five (45) ex-workers are leaving the bank's building in
Frankopanska and another seven branches in Zagreb today.
The trustee in bankruptcy concluded work contracts with 28
employees for their job during the bankruptcy proceedings. Hrkac is
offering such contracts to another 17 workers - protesters. They
have declined it so far insisting on the conclusion of contracts
with all former employees.
On Monday, Hrkac told reporters he regretted that conflict had
occurred with workers and pinned the blame on union leaders "who
have been unreasonable in their demand that work contracts be
prolonged either with all or with no one. "On the very first day I
offered unionists to work in parallel on a bankruptcy procedure and
the reorganisation of the bank, but they insisted that either all or
nobody work," Hrkac said.
Commenting on unionists' request that he should be replaced as an
indictment has been issued against him on suspicion of his
involvement in white-collar crime, Hrkac replied that he was ready
together with unions "to seek criminals, not only in Zagreb but also
wider."
Zagreb commissioner of the Association of Independent Trade Unions
(SSSH), Mario Ivekovic, said the union persisted in its demand for
Hrkac's replacement and that a bank expert be appointed to this
task.
(hina) ms