Trade Unions Fuming Over Euro Price Hikes

Ljubljana, 5 January - Purchasing power has been decreasing, also due to the rise of the prices of certain services and rounding up of the prices after the euro changeover, Dusan Rebolj, the head of the Pergam trade union association, said on Friday.

Ljubljana. Dusan Rebolj, the head of the Pergam trade union association, presenting the union's demands for changes to the collective bargaining agreement. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana.
Dusan Rebolj, the head of the Pergam trade union association, presenting the union's demands for changes to the collective bargaining agreement.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana. Dusan Rebolj, the head of the Pergam trade union association, presenting the union's demands for changes to the collective bargaining agreement. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana.
Dusan Rebolj, the head of the Pergam trade union association, presenting the union's demands for changes to the collective bargaining agreement.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana. Dusan Rebolj, the head of the Pergam trade union association, presenting the union's demands for changes to the collective bargaining agreement. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana.
Dusan Rebolj, the head of the Pergam trade union association, presenting the union's demands for changes to the collective bargaining agreement.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana. Dusan Rebolj, the head of the Pergam trade union association, presenting the union's demands for changes to the collective bargaining agreement. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana.
Dusan Rebolj, the head of the Pergam trade union association, presenting the union's demands for changes to the collective bargaining agreement.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana. Dusan Rebolj, the head of the Pergam trade union association, presenting the union's demands for changes to the collective bargaining agreement. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana.
Dusan Rebolj, the head of the Pergam trade union association, presenting the union's demands for changes to the collective bargaining agreement.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

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