The Union of the State Medical Rescue Service organised demonstrations in several cities. Paramedics are demanding an amendment to the Act on the State Medical Rescue Service and an increase of salaries. The protests relate to the so-called the labour factor at which the minimum wage is to be determined. Rescuers fear a drop in wages after the loss of the "rescue" allowance, which currently is to be paid by the end of June.
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