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Unions ready for strikes if wages in budget sector lag behind inflation

Todor Kapitanov, vice-president of CITUB
Photo: BGNES

The largest trade union in Bulgaria, CITUB, has threatened protests and strikes if the National Assembly does not fulfill the union's demand for the urgent adoption of the state budget with income policy and compensation for inflation for people employed in the budget sphere from July 1. 

In front of BNR, the vice-president of CITUB Todor Kapitanov stated that the minimum wage should also be increased.

"As already agreed in the legislation, in the Labour Code, the demand of the unions is that next year the minimum wage in Bulgaria should be at least BGN 1,000 (€511)." 

It also became clear that people employed in the education system are ready to protest and if their demands for an increase in salaries are not met, they will teach a "protest lesson" to the authorities.



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