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CIS Trade Unions Develop Recommendations on Consumer Budget for Minimum Wage

CIS and EAEU labor market news

On the sidelines of a meeting in Tajikistan, Margarita Usova, Deputy Secretary General of the General Confederation of Trade Unions (GCTU), emphasized that the minimum wage in the Commonwealth countries is currently calculated based on the subsistence minimum. This standard was adopted during the transitional period following the collapse of the USSR, at a time of significant economic hardship.

For more details, read the TASS article: https://tass.ru/ekonomika/26734889

GCTU News

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    The ceremony took place today in the St George's Hall of the Kremlin in Moscow.

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