COMMISSIONERS OF INDEPENDENT UNIONS & DANUBE UNION HOLD SEMINAR

( Editorial: --> 6054 ) ZAGREB, Mar 2 (Hina) - A seminar for commissioners of the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Croatia (SSSH) and the Danube River Region Trade Union, which gathers local Serb workers, was held in Stubicke Toplice, near Zagreb between 25 and 28 February. According to a statement the SSSH issued Monday, the seminar gathered union commissioners from companies which were divided during the Serb occupation of Croatia. During the war, a part of the companies' employees worked in the Danube region, while the rest worked in exile. The seminar discussed how to establish a joint information system and local union commissions, what to do for returnees to eastern Croatia, and how to translate "separatism" into cooperation and integration on a local level. Friedrich Glasl of Salzburg University headed the seminar, while lectures were also held by Evan Kraft, an American professor and advisor at the Croatian People's Bank, and Zagreb County SSSH commissioner Mario Ivekovic. The seminar was organised by the Studio Centre for Peace and Resolving Conflicts in Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Srijem, and the U.S. centre for international labour solidarity. (hina) ha jn 021904 MET mar 98