Settling accounts
- A Diary: September 2023 – June 2024
- Željko Stipić
From September 2023 to June 2024, Željko Stipić – who has led the Preporod School Union for two decades – kept a daily record of what was happening around him and within him. The diary began as notes on the preparations for a union assembly in Lovran and, over time, became a chronicle of one of the most turbulent periods in the history of Croatian trade unionism. It was a time of struggle against the new Salaries Act and the introduction of performance appraisals, of a lonely resistance that grew into an alliance with other unions, a time of protests, petitions, and an appeal to the Constitutional Court.
Yet Razduživanje is not confined to the everyday life of a trade union. Meetings with top political leaders alternate with off-the-record information picked up in cafés, election campaigns, reflections on books the author has read, and – no less important – family. Stipić writes openly, at times anxiously, at times euphorically, aware that not all of his views will stand the test of time. The result is a candid insider’s view of how a union is run, how one negotiates with the government, and how one manages to stay true to oneself in the process.
- Year of the edition: 2026
- Cover: paperback