At the Social Council meeting in late February, Mladen Novosel, the president of the Croatian Workers Union, challenged the government representatives who announced savings of around 260m euros with public sector cuts, by reducing employee benefits, and layoffs of about 5,000 freelance workers.
Na sastanku Socijalnog saveta krajem februara, predsednik Saveza samostalnih sindikata Hrvatske Mladen Novosel prigovorio je predstavnicima vlade koji su najavili uštedu od oko 260 miliona evra kroz rezove u javnom sektoru, smanjenjem beneficija za zaposlene i otpuštanjem oko 5.000 honorarnih radnika.