Wages in the public sector will increase from 1 January 2016. Wages of workers in elementary and high schools go up by 4%, health care workers will receive a 3% hike and university professors, military and police will get 2% higher wages. The wage increase, which has been a key union demand, were approved only after extensive talks with the IMF, which has used its power as the country’s major lender to keep wages down.
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