ZAGREB, October 21, 2019 – After conciliation between the union in science and higher education and the Croatian government failed on Monday, the union announced a day-long strike at universities faculties for Thursday.
Labour and Pension System Minister Josip Aladrović said after the meeting on Monday morning that the government found the union’s demands unacceptable, while unionist Igor Radeka criticised the government for “offering virtually nothing.”
Last week, unionist Vilim Ribić said that the union in science and higher education would hold a strike on October 24 demanding a wage increase for workers receiving the lowest wages in that sector in an effort to remove the pay gap between employees in the sector compared to those working in the civil service.
Lecturers and non-teaching staff, about 700 of them, will strike, union leader Vilim Ribić told a press conference last week calling on all research and teaching staff to join the strike as a sign of solidarity.
The strike will be repeated once a week until the fulfilment of the union’s demands, Radeka said today.
On Monday, elementary and primary school teachers went on a day-long nationwide strike.
More news about various strikes taking place can be found in the Business section.
