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Public Sector unions threaten to strike as inflation cuts into real wages across the board

Published: June 8, 2022, 11:48 a.m.

b'Wages in the Czech Republic are growing, but not enough to cover for the rapid rise in inflation. Data released by the Czech Statistics Agency on Tuesday show that real wages fell by 3.6 percent on average during the first quarter of 2022. The hardest hit are public sector employees, whose trade unions have threatened to go on strike if their demands are not met by the government.'