ZAGREB, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- A strike by Croatian teachers that has dragged on for over a month has ended on Monday after the government reached a deal with union leaders on increasing job complexity indices.
The government offered an increase of the job complexity indices of 3 percent from Dec. 1, an additional 1 percent from June 1 next year and a further 2 percent from Jan. 2021, which the unions accepted.
The government has also decided that the days spent on strike will be paid.
From Tuesday morning classes in all Croatian schools will resume, Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said at a press conference on Monday, noting that a good compromise has been reached.
For weeks the government has been rejecting the unions' demand for a 6.11 percent increase of job complexity indices, which led to the longest strike in the Croatian education sector and protests in the capital.
Last week, the government offered a gradual salary increase of 10.4 percent, but around 90 percent of union members rejected that offer and continued to strike.
The leader of the secondary school teachers' union, Branimir Mihalinec, said on Monday that they have reached a good compromise. He thanked everyone for their patience and support, from parents and students to the rest of the public, especially the union members who participated in the union action.
