It's a shame that the internet is a virtual medium, because there are a lot of people out there that I'd like to express my deep feelings of friendship to, and having spent the last two years here in Serbia, I'd like to do it in a truly Serbian way.
Croatia's Unions Call Off National Strike
Zagreb | 14 May 2009 |
Tens of thousands of public sector workers in Croatia Thursday called off a national strike after reaching a deal with the government on wage increases once the economy starts to recover.
The government agreed to raise the salaries of some 180,000 teachers, doctors and nurses "as soon as the gross domestic product posts two quarterly rises of around two per cent,'' Hina reported.
Prime Minister Ivo Sanader's government had earlier canceled a six-per cent pay increase for the public sector, saying it needed to keep spending tight in a recession year.
Union leaders say they can now expect the six per cent rise by the second half of 2010.
Sanader's government faces local elections this Sunday.
Roughly 80 per cent of Croatia's teachers and professors went on strike Wednesday and would have been joined by hospital workers and other public employees on Thursday. The protest was supposed to culminate in a mass rally at Zagreb's main square at the weekend.
Under the deal, public sector salaries will be adjusted two time in 2011 and will be increased gradually in 2012-2016 to bring them in line with those in the real sector, Hina said.
The government agreed to raise the salaries of some 180,000 teachers, doctors and nurses "as soon as the gross domestic product posts two quarterly rises of around two per cent,'' Hina reported.
Prime Minister Ivo Sanader's government had earlier canceled a six-per cent pay increase for the public sector, saying it needed to keep spending tight in a recession year.
Union leaders say they can now expect the six per cent rise by the second half of 2010.
Sanader's government faces local elections this Sunday.
Roughly 80 per cent of Croatia's teachers and professors went on strike Wednesday and would have been joined by hospital workers and other public employees on Thursday. The protest was supposed to culminate in a mass rally at Zagreb's main square at the weekend.
Under the deal, public sector salaries will be adjusted two time in 2011 and will be increased gradually in 2012-2016 to bring them in line with those in the real sector, Hina said.
