Slovene Trade Unions to Join Forces?

Ljubljana, 17 April - Twenty trade unions gathered in the Association of Free Trade Unions of Slovenia (ZSSS) have decided to launch a process of unification in a bid to form four strong trade unions which would cover industry, services, the public sector and the retired. "The ZSSS is following the German model of trade union unification," ZSSS President Dusan Semolic told the press on Tuesday, and called upon other Slovene trade union association to follow their example.