Public sector union criticises government salary plan, saying it won’t cover inflation

The Czech government has proposed two options for wage growth in the public sector to unions, but neither is sufficient to cover the rapid rise of inflation, the spokesman of public sector unions Pavel Bednář told the Czech News Agency on Tuesday after meeting with representatives of the state executive. He said that the current stance of the government is unacceptable to the unions with the difference being only that one option is worse than the other, but refused to offer more detail on what they are.

The relevant trade unions are demanding a raise to be implemented from July in order to prevent a full in purchasing power. According to the Czech Statistics Agency, public sector workers’ real wages have been impacted the hardest this year so far, falling by an average of 8.4 percent. Negotiations with the government are expected to continue.