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Unions announce possible strike after Easter
Croatian Times
Trade union leader Ana Knezevic said today that there could be a strike during the week after Easter because of the general state of the economy.
The short, one-to-two-hour strike would take place in Zagreb, Osijek, Split and Rijeka and be a prelude to a larger protest already scheduled for Labour Day on 1 May.
Knezevic, the president of the Union of Autonomous Trade Unions in Croatia, said that more and more workplaces were closing and prices were going up.
She added that, while other countries were stimulating consumption and production, Croatia was doing the opposite, imposing a crisis tax that had undermined purchasing power.
"We warned that the crisis tax would decrease consumption, and that is what happened," Knezevic said. Another result is a rise in the number of the unemployment, which was up to 317,625 people in February, Croatian news portal Monitor has reported.
The Croatian government introduced the crisis tax in August 2009. It decided last week to abolish the two percent tax on monthly incomes between 3,000 kuna (409 Euros) and 6,000 kuna (819 Euros) to stimulate consumption, which has declined drastically in the last six months. The change will take effect in July.
The four percent tax on monthly salaries over 6,000 kuna (819 Euros) will remain in effect.
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