(PUBLISHED IN THE SLOVENIA TIMES) Public sector unions will hold a general strike on 23 January next year to protest against layoffs in the sector, unionist Branimir Štrukelj announced before New Year holidays.
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The strike will be the “D-day for the public sector, when we will begin efforts first and foremost against layoffs,” Štrukelj said.
The unions will publish a full list of demands by Wednesday, when they will also sign an agreement on how to implement the strike.
Currently, a one-day strike is planned, but later it “would be rolling from one part of the state or individual activities to the other in order to become unpredictable so as to increase the tension should the government refuse to enter dialogue with employees in the public sector,” Štrukelj said.
Public sector unions also agreed today to file 2,500 signatures to initiate a referendum on the budget implementation law, which was passed in parliament today. The government “left us with no opportunity to negotiate,” Štrukelj said.
The budget implementation law is illegal and unconstitutional, as it encroaches on the system of public sector wages and the collective bargaining agreements.
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Posted on 28 de December de 2012
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