ZAGREB, August 25, 2018 - Members of the management and supervisory boards of the Uljanik Group said on Saturday, after meeting to discuss a general strike that started in that group last Wednesday, that they did not have the moral right, despite the pressure they were exposed to, to abandon Uljanik and its workers amidst efforts to find a solution in close cooperation with the government, and that they would step down after a solution was found.

ZAGREB, August 24, 2018 - The striking council of the Rijeka-based 3.Maj shipyard, that held a meeting on Friday, said that union stewards in the Pula-based Uljanik dock and in the Rijeka shipyard decided to depart for Zagreb on Monday as part of their plans to intensify their protest actions which they started on Wednesday over unpaid wages for July.

ZAGREB, August 24, 2018 - Economy Minister Darko Horvat said on Thursday evening that neither Danko Končar, the owner of the Kermas Gorup that is perceived as a potential strategic partner for the Uljanik Group, nor the management of the Pula-based ailing ship construction and repair group, were offering for the time being any solution how to ensure funds for the payment of the wages in arrears.

ZAGREB, August 23, 2018 - Following a one-hour protest march through the streets of Pula on Thursday morning, striking Uljanik workers returned to the compound of the shipyard where they stayed until close of business.

Uljanik's workers' strike will have an important role to play in the direction of the unfolding crisis - either by means of bankruptcy or by some sort of controlled settlement.

Marić insists that the government is trying to do all it can, but that owing to EU rules, even HBOR's hands are tied.

Just after 10:00 this morning, a meeting of Uljanik's management and the strike board began.

ZAGREB, August 22, 2018 - Employees in the Rijeka-based "3. Maj" and the Pula-based “Uljanik” shipyards, that are parts of the Uljanik Group, on Wednesday began their industrial action because they didn't receive their pay for July on Tuesday and they will strike at their work stations until they get their salaries.

ZAGREB, August 21, 2018 - Workers at the Uljanik shipyard – all 4,500 of them – will go on general strike at 7 a.m. on Wednesday because they didn't receive their pay for July on Tuesday and they will strike at their work stations, Istria, Kvarner and Dalmatia Union shop steward Marina Cvitić said after the last round of negotiations between the management and union failed.

ZAGREB, August 20, 2018 - Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said on Sunday, while commenting on the latest developments in the Uljanik shipyard and a delay in the payment of salaries to workers for July, that his cabinet conducted permanent dialogue with the management of the shipyard.