On Friday, 29th of July, workers of the Koper port went on strike, since all the previous negotiations on working conditions between them and the management of the port have been unsuccessful. The management of the port has consequently undertaken a misleading public campaign, stating that the strike is illegitimate and even illegal. Incorrect information about the strike has been spread also from the side of the Union of Port Workers (Sindikat pristaniških delavcev), since its representatives argue, that the strike is pursuing the interest of only one part of the employed, namely the crane operators and their self-organized and independent Union of Crane Operators (Sindikat žerjavistov), which are, in their opinion, already the most privileged workers of the port. But the truth is the opposite! The demands of the striking workers are more then justified, since they refer to working and safety conditions as well as the length of the working day. The life and the health of the workers must be of more importance then the profit of the minority.
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