Government trying to avert mass resignations at Liberty Ostrava steelworks

Labour Minister Marian Jurečka and the KOVO trade union organization have called on the employees of the country’s largest steelworks Liberty Ostrava, which is in insolvency, not to resign. Most of the company’s operations have been closed since December and employees have not been getting paid.  The labour minister said that the fate of Liberty is a top government priority and the state would look for ways to pay employees' wages to keep them in the company so that it can continue to operate when a new owner takes over, presumably in the summer. How many workers will remain at Liberty will depend on the investor who acquires the company, the minister added.