The issue of establishing the national minimum wage is back and as it seems it will be implemented by the end of May.
In a statement, the Movement of Ecologists - Citizens' Co-operation stresses that it considers the introduction of the national minimum wage to be an important step. "It has already been delayed too long, as the specific election promise of President Anastasiades is overdue since 2013."
Alexia Sakadaki, coordinator of the Movement's Labour Committee, said that "The national minimum wage is a necessary regulation that will give breath to workers who cannot make a living despite their full-time employment. But a minimum wage should be introduced for all occupational sectors and not selectively. It is truly unthinkable that domestic workers and agricultural workers should be excluded from the introduction of a minimum wage. This is discriminatory against our low-paid fellow citizens and also demonstrates a racist approach, as the vast majority of these workers come from third countries.
We call on the Minister of Labour to proceed with the full implementation of a fair minimum wage, so that specific groups of the population are not excluded. This will put an end to the current exploitation suffered by many employers in various professions, whose wages are in some cases degradingly low. We will have more comments when we see the final bill before the House of Representatives."
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