The Trade Union of State and Local Government Employees of Croatia (SDLSN) protested against their exclusion from the ongoing negotiations on the annex to the collective agreement for state workers. According to the union, they were not invited to participate in the first bargaining session held on 12 June and were later informed about the meeting only indirectly via a letter from the two police unions leading the talks. SDLSN denounced this approach as “unacceptable and non-transparent,” especially since the agreement directly affects the rights and conditions of nearly 7,000 of their members. SDLSN submitted concrete proposals to the Government and the negotiating committee, including demands for salary increases, improved allowances, the removal of discriminatory provisions, and equal treatment of all union representatives.
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