University staff join nationwide pay strike by teachers

University staff in Croatia piled pressure on the government last Wednesday as their union said it would strike in support of industrial action by primary and secondary school teachers that has been going on for nearly two weeks, writes Igor Ilic for Reuters.

Croatian teachers are demanding a wage increase of some 6% saying that the complexity of education roles is such that their salaries lag other public sector roles. “We want to show solidarity with our colleagues in primary and secondary schools and ... fight for some underpaid categories of our staff,” Vilim Ribic from the Independent Science and High Education Union said.

A one-day strike in universities and scientific institutes was planned for Thursday 24 October, Ribic said. “The plan is to hold a strike one day each week,” he said.
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