PTT WORKERS' STRIKE GOES WELL, UNION SAYS

ZAGREB, Feb 20 (Hina) - The strike has met a great response, said officials with the Croatian Post and Telecommunications (HPT) Union Tuesday, referring to the strike staged by the HPT workers against low basic wages which had been suggested by the Government as part of a collective agreement. Between 80 and 90 percent of HPT workers were protesting in Zagreb and other areas, exept for Osijek, Split and Bjelovar, where the response was not as great, said a Union representative, Josip Pupic. HPT management had assigned compulsory work orders to the workers, thus breaking the law, another Union activist, Jadranko Vehar added. At several HPT local branches up to 30 percent of workers had been assigned work orders, Vehar said, adding that some leaders of working groups had been given blank forms with work orders to fill as they wished. According to the Act on HPT, resolutions on work tasks is to be given individually to people by the Croatian Transport and Communications Ministry, Venar said. (hina) lm jn 201900 MET feb 96