The Solidarnosc union confederation has delivered a petition with 300,000 signatures to the country’s parliament calling for an increase in the statutory minimum wage. The confederation wants the government to meet its commitment to raise the minimum wage so that it reaches 50% of the average wage. Earlier, on 30 June, up to 50,000 people took part in a Solidarity demonstration in Warsaw in protest against the government’s record of “high prices, high unemployment and low wages”. Those participating in the demonstration also signed the minimum wage petition.
English: http://www.epsu.org/cob/433
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Polish: http://www.solidarnosc.org.pl/pl/aktualnosci/pietrowym-autobusem-po ...
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