The process of reconciliation between the government and four public-sector trade unions will resume after those unions carry out a referendum among its members on an annex to the Collective Agreement which the government has proposed during the reconciliation, Labour Minister Mirando Mrsic said after his meeting with unionists in Zagreb on Monday.
Earlier this summer the government's negotiating team reached agreement with public-sector trade unions that represent health, culture and social welfare workers. However, another four unions of primary school teachers, secondary school teachers, university lecturers and scholars, and nurses rejected the agreement and also turned down a proposal for arbitration.
Those four trade unions will carry out the referendum on 12 and 13 September and the resumption of the conciliation is set for 15 September.
We will see at our meeting on 15 September whether the reconciliation has succeeded or failed, Mrsic said.
