"I appeal to the trade unionists to sit at the negotiating table in the Economy Ministry and look at the draft amendments the government is proposing following their dilemmas," Kosor told a news conference in Zagreb on Monday while presenting the results of the ongoing implementation of the government's Economic Recovery Programme.
Kosor said the trade unionists had the right to collect signatures for calling a referendum but that no signature would change things for the better.
She expressed her satisfaction with President Ivo Josipovic's call for dialogue in search of a common ground.
The trade unions must assume responsibility for the present situation in Croatia and for whether there will be funds for the payment of salaries, pensions, and social welfare tomorrow, Kosor said adding that her cabinet would do its utmost not to bring the payment of pensions into question.
She also expressed her satisfaction with the implementation of the economic bailout plan.
There are reasons for concern, but also for optimism provided that the programme is implemented, in which the government will persist, she said.
Kosor recalled that the lower, two per cent rate of the so-called crisis tax on all incomes would be abolished on 1 July as a result of which, 1.5 million Croatians would have higher incomes.