Members of three of the four unions of the national aviation company Croatia Airlines will go on strike starting Tuesday at six o'clock in the morning due to the dismissal prepared by the management for 42 flight attendants and stewards who were on sick leave on May 1 and 2, as well as reduced wages for last month.
Tanjug reports that the flight attendants who were fired due to mass sickness were supported by numerous non-governmental organizations, and the cabin staff - pilots and part of the ground staff - will participate in the strike until the demands are met.
In addition to the announcement of layoffs for 42 employees, many employees' salaries for April, which they received under the new collective agreement, were reduced by as much as 40 percent.
Prime Minister Zoran Milanović called on the employees of the company to respect the law, but also to do everything to preserve the company.
"If we don't change, the alternative is that it (the company) will not exist. Those who have a secure job must understand this, because they have been working in a company that has been subsidized by the state for about 20 years, and it has been making losses all the time. It can't be done like that anymore." , Milanovic said.
The management of the company believes that the traffic on Tuesday, the day of the strike, will only be partially disrupted, as most passengers will be transported according to the flight schedule of Croatia Airlines planes.
The unions announce that despite the strike, traffic will not be completely stopped, because there are jobs that must not be interrupted.
More than a dozen flight attendants and flight attendants went on sick leave on May 1 and 2, which is why the company's management requested a justification check from the competent services, judging that it was an illegal strike, i.e. obstruction of work due to dissatisfaction that greater rights from the previous collective agreement would not be retained. contract.
The management claims that a new collective agreement has been signed with the unions that bring together other activities in the company.
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