CRO ENGINE DRIVERS TO STALL RAILWAY TRAFFIC IN COUNTRY ON FRIDAY

( Editorial: --> 5628 ) ZAGREB, May 21 (Hina) - The Croatian Engine Drivers' Union on Thursday announced that all railway traffic in the country will be stalled between 10am and 12pm on Friday, May 23. This action will not include international passenger trains and trains used for Croatian army purposes. Engine drivers will thus stage a protest for the Administration not yet having submitted to them a suggestion of the salary system what, they say, it should have done by May 15. The Croatian Railways (HZ) Administration reacted to the announced protest with a statement in which it claims it had fulfilled its commitment, because it had come up with a draft "modified system of evaluation of work", that is, a new salary system. On May 15, the HZ Administration forwarded to the Engine Drivers' Union and other HZ unions an invitation to a meeting on May 26, at which it was to present its suggestion, but the Engine Drivers' Union insists that the whole issue should have been completed by May 15. (hina) lm jn 211706 MET may 98