Unions Walk Out of Budget Meeting

Ljubljana, 27 September - The meeting of an industrial relations forum at which PM Alenka Bratušek was to present the revised budget proposal for 2014 was dismissed after trade unions walked out in protest because they have not been able to examine the extensive material in preparation for the session.

Ljubljana
Representatives of the government at a session of the Economic and Social Council, the country's main industrial relations forum.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Ljubljana
Representatives of the government at a session of the Economic and Social Council, the country's main industrial relations forum.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Ljubljana
Trade union officials before walking out of a session of the Economic and Social Council dedicated to the budget for 2014.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Ljubljana
Finance Minister Uroš Čufer, PM Alenka Bratušek and Labour Minister Anja Kopač Mrak (left to right) on hand for a session of the Economic and Social Council that trade unions walked out of.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Ljubljana
Finance Minister Uroš Čufer, PM Alenka Bratušek and Labour Minister Anja Kopač Mrak ( second, third and fourth from left) on hand for a session of the Economic and Social Council that trade unions walked out of.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Ljubljana
Finance Minister Uroš Čufer, PM Alenka Bratušek and Labour Minister Anja Kopač Mrak (first, second and third from left) on hand for a session of the Economic and Social Council that trade unions walked out of.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

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