Workers at Croatian shipyard down tools in protest over management
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ZAGREB (Reuters) - Some 4,500 workers at Croatia’s largest shipbuilding group Uljanik went on strike on Wednesday and called for management to step down in protest over late payment.
FILE PHOTO: The cranes of Uljanik shipyard are painted with light during Visualia Festival in the Adriatic town of Pula, Croatia May 8, 2015. REUTERS/Antonio Bronic/File Photo
“The management has lost credibility in our eyes, the workers and suppliers have lost confidence,” one union leader, Marina Cvitic, said.
Uljanik controls two docks in the northern Adriatic, in the cities of Pula and Rijeka.
The workers control less than 50 percent of the company, with the state also a minority shareholder. Its other owners include local banks and the country’s top insurer, Croatia Os...