Firefighters protest for higher wages

Ljubljana, 5 October - An estimated 500-700 professional firefighters gathered in front of the Government Palace on Thursday to demand higher wages, in what marks a stepping-up of pressure in pay talks with the government that they have threatened could result in an all-out strike.

Ljubljana A rally staged by the Firefighters Trade Union to demand higher wages. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
A rally staged by the Firefighters Trade Union to demand higher wages.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana A rally staged by the Firefighters Trade Union to demand higher wages. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
A rally staged by the Firefighters Trade Union to demand higher wages.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana A rally staged by the Firefighters Trade Union to demand higher wages. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
A rally staged by the Firefighters Trade Union to demand higher wages.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana A rally staged by the Firefighters Trade Union to demand higher wages. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
A rally staged by the Firefighters Trade Union to demand higher wages.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana A rally staged by the Firefighters Trade Union to demand higher wages. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
A rally staged by the Firefighters Trade Union to demand higher wages.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana A rally staged by the Firefighters Trade Union to demand higher wages. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
A rally staged by the Firefighters Trade Union to demand higher wages.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana A rally staged by the Firefighters Trade Union to demand higher wages. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
A rally staged by the Firefighters Trade Union to demand higher wages.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana A rally staged by the Firefighters Trade Union to demand higher wages. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
A rally staged by the Firefighters Trade Union to demand higher wages.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana A rally staged by the Firefighters Trade Union to demand higher wages. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
A rally staged by the Firefighters Trade Union to demand higher wages.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana A rally staged by the Firefighters Trade Union to demand higher wages. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
A rally staged by the Firefighters Trade Union to demand higher wages.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana A rally staged by the Firefighters Trade Union to demand higher wages. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
A rally staged by the Firefighters Trade Union to demand higher wages.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana A rally staged by the Firefighters Trade Union to demand higher wages. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
A rally staged by the Firefighters Trade Union to demand higher wages.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana A rally staged by the Firefighters Trade Union to demand higher wages. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
A rally staged by the Firefighters Trade Union to demand higher wages.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana A rally staged by the Firefighters Trade Union to demand higher wages. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
A rally staged by the Firefighters Trade Union to demand higher wages.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana A rally staged by the Firefighters Trade Union to demand higher wages. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
A rally staged by the Firefighters Trade Union to demand higher wages.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana A rally staged by the Firefighters Trade Union to demand higher wages. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
A rally staged by the Firefighters Trade Union to demand higher wages.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana A rally staged by the Firefighters Trade Union to demand higher wages. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
A rally staged by the Firefighters Trade Union to demand higher wages.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana A rally staged by the Firefighters Trade Union to demand higher wages. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
A rally staged by the Firefighters Trade Union to demand higher wages.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana A rally staged by the Firefighters Trade Union to demand higher wages. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
A rally staged by the Firefighters Trade Union to demand higher wages.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana A rally staged by the Firefighters Trade Union to demand higher wages. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
A rally staged by the Firefighters Trade Union to demand higher wages.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

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