Previously frozen public sector wages will rise by 10% from September. The change will apply across the public sector (including civil servants), trade union leaders and government officials agreed. This pay rise will cost the Czech state CZK 1.1 billion (€ 45 million) by the end of the year. The trade unions said the latest pay rise concerns employees of museums and galleries, actors from theatres, musicians from orchestras, cooks, cleaners, and porters at schools and healthcare facilities. No final agreement has yet been reached on the exact pay rise for next year for employees in the public sector and state administration. Nine trade unions of public sector employees have been on strike alert since June, with a further four unions supporting them.
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