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POLITICS & CRIME Zagreb educators did not receive salaries. The timing is convenient, they have been playing against Bandic for days Their salary was to be paid by the 15th of the month, as required by the Labor Act and their collective agreement Ana Raić Knežević ANA RAIĆ KNEŽEVIĆ 16 MINUTES AGO 3 RECOMMENDATIONS 0 COMMENTS LAST CHANGE: SEP 15, 2020 Zagreb kindergarten teachers did not receive a salary until the 15th of the month, as prescribed by the Labor Act and their collective agreement. This was confirmed to the Telegram by several educators. That is why, as we find out, the representatives of the two unions are preparing for the meeting with Mayor Milan Bandić and his head of education Ivica Lovrić on Wednesday . WHY HAVE SALARIES NOT BEEN PAID YET? According to the information obtained by Telegram, there are two unofficial explanations for this situation. One is that the City of Zagreb currently has no money to pay salaries to kindergarten teachers, while the other is a kind of revenge of the city authorities to educators who warned about the impossible working conditions in kindergartens. Namely, in addition to too many children and too small and insufficiently safe rooms, educators are now hampered by, as they say, unenforceable measures to control the coronavirus. SO FAR, SALARIES HAVE BEEN REGULAR "Our salaries usually come by the 15th of the month. This is stipulated in our employment contracts. If it has not come by now, it can no longer be paid within the legal deadline ", said Katarina Turković Gulin for the Telegram from the initiative of educators in kindergartens SIDRO. He explains that this problem happened only in Zagreb. Unofficial information that the city has no money, and that the salary is expected only by the end of this week, Ms. Turkovic Gulin did not want to comment because she had not heard about it. EDUCATORS TESTIFY TO THE PROBLEMS However, he notes that SOMK, one of the unions that bring together educators, had a press conference a few days ago at which it presented information on the unsustainability of the situation in kindergartens. "We have been publishing public information about violations of the law for a month now. The provisions are interpreted arbitrarily, so we have too many children in kindergarten groups, too few educators, and the spatial conditions are not satisfactory. You know, it is prescribed that every child has five square meters of space, and ours do not have any, ”he says. "Epidemiological measures are unenforceable, so educators are asked not to implement them tacitly. That is unacceptable, ”describes the leader of the SIDRO initiative, adding that educators are actually in fear. ARE MEASURES AGAINST THE CROWN RESPECTED? The posts that SIDRO shared on the social network also describe how educators work 10 hours a year with children from one year of age. As epidemiological measures describe that employees must not overlap, educators do not see each other and cannot exchange information. Cleaners are not allowed to enter the room where the children are, so educators must clean intensively. "We do not engage in educational work at all, but only look to survive until the end of working hours. As working conditions are bad, children's rights are actually violated. Now the parents are already organizing, ”warns Katarina Turković Gulin and adds that people are wondering if they were punished for non-payment of salaries because they talked about the problems in kindergartens. WHY IS THE MINISTER SILENT ABOUT EVERYTHING? SOMK, he tells us, has meanwhile requested a meeting with the education minister, but so far has not received any feedback. Therefore, if the union announces a work stoppage, SIDRO will support them. The Telegram asked the City of Zagreb why it has not yet paid salaries to kindergarten teachers. We will publish the answer as soon as we receive it. THE TEXT CONTINUES AFTER THE AD Sponsored content Replay again? A lot of premieres are waiting for you on HBO GO. Midas - Native Internet Advertising Katarina Turković Gulin , kindergarten teachers , anchor , SOMK Ana Raić Knežević Ana Raić Knežević