Tag: wages
Macedonia 31.07.23 | 19:23

MIA stages third warning protest over higher wages

Employees of the Media Information Agency (MIA) staged Monday a third half-an-hour warning protest in front of the agency’s premises since the Government has still not responded to their demand for higher wages. The most urgent demand is increased wages and their balancing with the rising living...

Economy 22.05.22 | 23:07

Mucunski: Increase in wages means nothing given the large spike in prices

VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Timco Mucunski said that the increase in wages is more than offset by the huge spike in inflation. This is his response to the Government’s boasts that the average salary was increased to 500 EUR. It’s enough simply to compare the increase in prices in the supermarkets,...

Economy 16.02.22 | 09:27

VMRO-DPMNE calls on Government to accept its proposal for higher wages and pensions

The government should accept the proposal of VMRO-DPMNE for higher salaries and pensions, inflation impoverishes the people, says the opposition party. VMRO-DPMNE submitted an amendment to the Law on Minimum Wage in the Parliament, which envisages harmonization of wages in the public sector, so that...

Macedonia 12.02.22 | 10:08

VMRO-DPMNE: The major crisis caused by SDSM can be overcome only with a general increase in salaries and pensions

VMRO-DPMNE through a parliamentary procedure demands an increase of pensions by 20% and harmonization of salaries in accordance with the ratio of job difficulty. VMRO-DPMNE yesterday submitted a legal decision to increase pensions by 20%. We estimate that pensioners will be helped in the period of crisis,...

Economy 10.02.22 | 15:18

Mickoski calls for an increase of all wages in the public sector, along with the minimum wage increase

VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski today called on the Parliament to mandate increases in the public sector wages, along with the increase of the minimum wage that is in the process being approved. What kind of a social justice is it when the Government ignores its own collective agreements that it...

Macedonia 02.04.20 | 23:01

Zaev confirms that DUI overruled his plan to cut public sector wages

In a TV interview, SDSM party leader Zoran Zaev confirmed that his proposal to drastically reduce public sector salaries down to the minimum wage was rejected by his coalition partner DUI. Zaev made the proposal as his main economic option that would help reduce the huge projected budget deficit, given...