Austerity Talks Stuck as Unions Continue to Oppose Pay Cut

Ljubljana, 4 April - The government and public sector unions came out of fresh negotiations on Wednesday unable to make any headway on what appears to be the trickiest bit of the austerity package, public sector pay, even though the government backtracked from the initially proposed 15% pay cut.

Ljubljana Trade unions and the government continue negotiation regarding the proposed austerity measures in the public sector. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
Trade unions and the government continue negotiation regarding the proposed austerity measures in the public sector.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana Branimir Štrukelj of KSJS public sector trade union speaks to the press after a meeting with the government regarding the austerity measures in the public sector. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
Branimir Štrukelj of KSJS public sector trade union speaks to the press after a meeting with the government regarding the austerity measures in the public sector.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

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