ZAGREB, Nov 9 (Hina) - The negotiating committee of public and state +services unions will continue negotiations with the Government by +demanding that the basic salary paid out of the state budget to be +increased by 28.2 percent,
the committee told a press conference on +Monday.+ The unions expect that in 1999, increases of the average salary in +Croatia would approximately be the same as this year. According to +the recent data, the average salary increased by 13.2 percent +between August 1997 and August 1998.+ The unions believe that salaries taken from the state budget should +increase 15 per cent more rapidly than the average salary i.e. 28.2 +percent, to supplement the long standing backlog. + Government statements, however, do not offer too much hope for the +negotiating committee.+ Science Workers' Union President Vilim Ribic, asserted that +Finance Minister Mijo Ju
ZAGREB, Nov 9 (Hina) - The negotiating committee of public and state
services unions will continue negotiations with the Government by
demanding that the basic salary paid out of the state budget to be
increased by 28.2 percent, the committee told a press conference on
Monday.
The unions expect that in 1999, increases of the average salary in
Croatia would approximately be the same as this year. According to
the recent data, the average salary increased by 13.2 percent
between August 1997 and August 1998.
The unions believe that salaries taken from the state budget should
increase 15 per cent more rapidly than the average salary i.e. 28.2
percent, to supplement the long standing backlog.
Government statements, however, do not offer too much hope for the
negotiating committee.
Science Workers' Union President Vilim Ribic, asserted that
Finance Minister Mijo Jukic's recent statement, regarding a zero
salary increase in 1999, indicate that negotiations on the basic
salary would be difficult.
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