Unions Say Protests a Warning to Govt and Employers

Ljubljana, 26 November - The government and employers would be wrong to ignore us, Slovenia's top trade unionist has said ahead of a mass protest in Ljubljana on Saturday. Despite the warning from Dusan Semolic, the government refused to cave in to the key demands of the unions on Thursday.

Ljubljana
Representatives of Slovenia's major trade union associations giving reasons for Saturday's worker protests.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana
Representatives of Slovenia's major trade union associations giving reasons for Saturday's worker protests.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana
Representatives of Slovenia's major trade union associations giving reasons for Saturday's worker protests.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana, Dom sindikatov.
Novinarska konferenca predstavnikov sindikalnih konfederacij in zvez, na kateri so predstavili razloge za demonstracije, ki bodo potekale v soboto, 28. novembra, v Ljubljani.
Predsednik ZZZS Dušan Semolič in predsednik Konfederacije sindikatov javnega sektorja (KSJS) Branimir Štrukelj.
Foto: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Ljubljana
Representatives of Slovenia's major trade union associations giving reasons for Saturday's worker protests.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana
Representatives of Slovenia's major trade union associations giving reasons for Saturday's worker protests.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana
Trade union associations giving reasons for Saturday's worker protests.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana, DZ.
Seja preiskovalne komisije DZ za sporne managerske prevzeme.
Nekdanja državna sekretarka na gospodarskem ministrstvu Andrijana Starina Kosem.
Foto: Daniel Novakovič/STA

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