Public services union VPOD is mobilising its members to call for higher pay in response to the cost-of-living crisis. The demand will be a 4% pay increase in response to the regional government’s proposed 2.3% offer. The union is also concerned to get compensation for recent years of real terms cuts and in St.Gallen this translates into a call for full compensation for inflation, plus 1% for productivity and 1%-2% to deliver a real increase. The union’s health section is calling for a general increase of 5% for 2023
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