The Estonian Trade Union Confederation (EAKL) demanded an increase of the minimum wage to at least €700, stating that while only 3% of the workforce, or nearly 18,000 people, earn the national minimum wage, ‘the minimum wage has a pretty direct impact on wage levels up to the median wage. In other words, we’re saying €1,300-1,400 [monthly] wage earners are equally affected. When wages increase at the bottom end, the next ones must be increased as well’.
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