UNION ASKS FOR LECTURERS' SALARIES TO BE INCREASED

( Editorial: --> 3158 ) ZAGREB, June 23 (Hina) - The Independent Union of Science and Higher Education of Croatia on Tuesday requested a 30 per cent increase in salaries of tenured university lecturers and additional resources for scientific research. They also asked that the coefficients for the calculation of salaries of employees in science and higher education be brought into line with coefficients in other public services. Referring to reports by Finance Minister Borislav Skegro that the budget is being splendidly filled from Value Added Tax and that there is enough funds for meeting the union's requests, the science union demanded that the salaries be raised from 1 July. It also asked for waiving of VAT on books. (hina) jn bag/mro 231831 MET jun 98