‘More than 12,000 of us were strike, seeing you at a protest at Ban Jelacic Square on April 25’ on April 25. ‘

– I can only say, on April 25, Bane Jelacic, Prime Minister, Fuchs Ministers and State Secretaries, we come to the Square in large numbers and we will tell how many of us are and how much the dissatisfaction we felt in choirs – said Zrinko Turalija, the leading Independent Union of Employees in Croatian Secondary Schools.

– Two strikes, three protests, 40,000 signatures in petitions, obviously tens of thousands of people in Ban Jelacic Square to realize that he was wrong – concluded Matija Kroflin (Independent Science and Higher Education Union).

Trade unions point out that they are dialogue and cooperation, but this is not obedience and control. They are still ready to sit at the negotiations table, but their position must be appreciated, not to go to the prosecutors.

Rijeka: Circular strike in education – Faculty of Teacher Education |

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– Persons with High Profession And with the professional exam, librarians in the science system have below the average Zagreb salary, which we think is not a good solution – said at the morning press conference, Višnja Novosel, library leader, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb.

And almost at the same time, the Minister of Science, Education and Youth visited one of the Zagreb schools that were not on strike. He pointed out that there would be no sanction for anyone on strike. However, the Government issued a instruction that the strikers would not be paid for days on strike.

When asked to comment on the union statement that he would « hit when it hurts the most », Radovan Fuchs said:

– I told you when the system can hurt the most, it’s a state graduation. If graduation is collapsed, enrollment in colleges will be collapsed, the academic year will be extended. I hope that such a scenario will not happen. You don’t have to be too visible to understand what this message is about.

He also said that it was difficult for unions to « accept the facts ».

– We have been negotiating several times, but unions are in the same positions. Our explanations why some of the requirements cannot be fulfilled they do not understand or do not want to understand – Fuchs concluded.