The Confederation of Autonomous Trade Unions, along with employers, invited citizens, social movements and NGOs to support trade union demands for a minimum wage increase to the level of the minimum consumer basket. Representatives of the Employers’ Association, the government and the trade unions were due to start negotiations on the minimum wage in mid-August in the Social-Economic Council, and the amount of next year’s minimum wage will be determined by 15 September at the latest. Labour law stipulates that the minimum wage needs be determined according to the ‘existential and social needs of workers and their families expressed through the value of the minimum consumer basket’.
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