INDEPENDENT UNION CALLS ON RAILMEN TO STOP STRIKE

ZAGREB, Nov 28 (Hina) - The Independent Trade Union of Croatian Railways, on Thursday cautioned again that a strike could have bad effects on all Croatian Railways (HŽ) employees and called them to continue to work. This union advised the Croatian Railmen's Union, the only union out of nine in the HŽ company, which has began the strike, to call off it, as its members could lose much and get hardly anything by the work stoppage. "We, just like other unions, believe that the Railmen's Union (SŽH) has gone on strike only because it has began to lose its position," the Independent Union said adding that the SŽH had recently faced a decrease in a number of its members. (hina) jn mš 282106 MET nov 96