The disgruntled employees at the Rijeka-based 3. May shipyard, which is part of the indebted shipbuilding company Uljanik Group headquartered in Pula, on Tuesday continued their industrial action which they began on August 22 over unpaid wages for July, and over the general state of affairs at the company.

A union steward, Veljko Todorovic, said on Tuesday morning that the payment of two monthly salaries for July and August could be expected until Friday, and that this would help the company stay in businesses until the start of the restructuring of Uljanik.

Members of the strike commitee of the Rijeka dock are likely to hold talks with Mayor Vojko Obersnel later on Tuesday.

On Monday morning, striking workers of the 3.Maj and Uljanik shipyards staged a protest outside the government building in capital Zagreb and were received by Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic and Economy Minister Darko Horvat. Plenkovic and Horvat said after the meeting that intensive efforts were being taken to settle the problems of the Uljanik Group and secure wages for workers.

The government is looking for a solution which will be legal, sustainable and useful for the workers of the Uljanik shipbuilding group, Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said on Monday evening.

“We will thoroughly explain to Uljanik workers, and ultimately to (County of) Istria and (City of) Pula, the current state of affairs in Croatia’s shipbuilding industry, and what is the way to move forward, as this industry evidently has difficulty being self-sustaining. That’s why we are looking for a solution which will be legal, sustainable and useful for workers,” Plenkovic said.

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