Croacia - Starco Beli Manastir tried to dismiss shop stewards (2010)

On 28 January, just a month after a branch of the Metalworkers’ Trade Union of Croatia (SMH) was established at Starco Beli Manastir, in Osijek, the company management tried to dismiss three shop stewards for economic reasons. However, since Croatian legislation requires the consent of a higher-level trade union in such situations, and the regional organisation of the SMH refused to approve these redundancies, all the activists remained employed.