ZAGREB, Dec 23 (Hina) - The negotiating committee of five Croatian +school unions believes that the collective agreement on the basic +salary in 1999, signed by the Government and unions of public and +civil services, was a triumph of
"token unionism".+ The agreement is unacceptable for school unions, primarily because +of the moratorium on salaries in the next seven months, Federation +of School Unions' president Zeljko Stipic told a press conference +on Wednesday. The unions have actually negotiated about salaries in +for the year 2000 because the highest, 12 per cent rise comes as late +as December next year, he added.+ Vinko Filipovic, president of the "Preporod" union, estimated that +the 1999 budget was an election and military-police budget. The +incumbent authorities are neglecting the education system, which +is proved by insufficient funds for education in the 1999 b
ZAGREB, Dec 23 (Hina) - The negotiating committee of five Croatian
school unions believes that the collective agreement on the basic
salary in 1999, signed by the Government and unions of public and
civil services, was a triumph of "token unionism".
The agreement is unacceptable for school unions, primarily because
of the moratorium on salaries in the next seven months, Federation
of School Unions' president Zeljko Stipic told a press conference
on Wednesday. The unions have actually negotiated about salaries in
for the year 2000 because the highest, 12 per cent rise comes as late
as December next year, he added.
Vinko Filipovic, president of the "Preporod" union, estimated that
the 1999 budget was an election and military-police budget. The
incumbent authorities are neglecting the education system, which
is proved by insufficient funds for education in the 1999 budget and
the failure to start negotiations on a collective agreement with
five school unions.
The collective agreement on the basic salary, Christmas bonus and
the supplement for children in 1999, was signed by five out of six
public and civil services' unions. The Union of Employees in
Secondary Education did not sign the agreement.
(hina) rml