In the successive election campaigns the government party AKP was forced to take the road of the opposition party CHP that had suggested to increase the minimum wage. It included the minimum wage pledge in its Nov. 1 election manifesto and told minimum wage earners that it would be at least 1,300 liras. However, the Minimum Wage Commission determines the minimum wage. Both employer and employee organisations are represented there. They sit down and talk. However, given the reaction from the employers the outlook is not very promising. The head of the Ankara Chamber of Industry stated with a radical proclamation that the minimum wage should be abolished.
English: http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/akps-1300-lira-minimum-wage-pledge-challenges …
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