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Political parties criticized\r\nthe proposal to raise the pension age from the current level of age 63 to at\r\nleast 67 and to ban support strikes that are allowed under the Collective\r\nLabour Dispute Resolution Act. Harry Taliga, president of the Confederation of\r\nTrade Unions, stated that employers aim to change the country’s principles of\r\nsocial security. The employers’ manifesto proposes to change the burden of\r\nsocial tax to fall on the employees instead of employers, by cap social tax\r\npayments to three average monthly wages, lower corporate taxes and abolish\r\nsocial tax from business income. Taliga asserted, “This will by no means\r\nimprove employment rates nor bring high-paid jobs to Estonia.” The current\r\ndebate has to be seen at the backdrop of a fall of Estonia’s gross domestic\r\nproduct (GDP) of 14% in 2009 and an unemployment rate of nearly 20% in the\r\nfirst quarter of 2010.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp class=\"CM5\">English: \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fbalticbusinessnews.com\u002Farticle\u002F2010\u002F08\u002F31\u002FEmployers_proposals_draw_criticism_from_politicians_trade_unions\">http:\u002F\u002Fbalticbusinessnews.com\u002Farticle\u002F2010\u002F08\u002F31\u002FEmployers_proposals_draw\u003C\u002Fa> ...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp class=\"CM5\">\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.baltictimes.com\u002Fnews\u002Farticles\u002F26878\u002F\">http:\u002F\u002Fwww.baltictimes.com\u002Fnews\u002Farticles\u002F26878\u002F\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp class=\"CM5\">\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.eurofound.europa.eu\u002Feiro\u002F2010\u002F06\u002Farticles\u002Fee1006019i.htm\">http:\u002F\u002Fwww.eurofound.europa.eu\u002Feiro\u002F2010\u002F06\u002Farticles\u002Fee1006019i.htm\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp class=\"CM5\"> \u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp class=\"discreet\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cem>\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u003Cspan class=\"teaserText\">This\r\narticle was published in the Collective Bargaining Newsletter. It aims\r\nto facilitate information exchange between trade unions and to support\r\nthe work of ETUC's collective bargaining committee. \u003C\u002Fspan>For more \r\ninformation, please contact the editor Maarten van Klaveren, Amsterdam \r\nInstitute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS) \u003Ca href=\"mailto:M.vanKlaveren@uva.nl\">M.vanKlaveren@uva.nl\u003C\u002Fa>. You may \r\nfind further information on the ETUI at\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwebmail.uva.nl\u002Fexchweb\u002Fbin\u002Fredir.asp?URL=http:\u002F\u002Fwww.etui.org\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">www.etui.org\u003C\u002Fa>,\r\n and on the AIAS at \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwebmail.uva.nl\u002Fexchweb\u002Fbin\u002Fredir.asp?URL=http:\u002F\u002Fwww.uva-aias.net\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">www.uva-aias.net\u003C\u002Fa>.\r\n © ETUI aisbl, Brussels 2009.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cbr\u002F>\u003C\u002Fp>\n","light",{"text":43,"link":44},"Contact us",{"title":43,"url":45,"description":43,"rel":46,"type":47,"id":48},"\u002Fabout\u002Fcontact","follow","internal",24590,[],[],[],[],[],false,"\u002Fwork\u002Fliving-wages\u002Fcontact-us","\u003Cp>Welcome to WageIndicator. Same organisation, same information, new look!\u003C\u002Fp>"]