Public sector employees demonstrated against low wages in front of the Family and Labour Ministry and in several other places around Warsaw. Taking part in the protest, organised by the OPZZ trade union association, were administration workers from the ZUS social insurer, the justice sector, including courts, the road transport inspectorate and the army. An OPZZ official said that ‘the whole public sector is fighting for wages as all people have the right to fair pay.’ The government is planning to raise the public sector’s wages by 4.4%, but the OPZZ demands a 12% increase.
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