The SSM union held a protest in front of the Parliament today. SSM President Slobodan Trendafilov demanded an increase of the minimum wage to 500 EUR.
Today from these barricades we demand a dignified salary for dignified work. Our labor enables their luxuries, Trendafilov said, while urging the several hundred protesters to turn their backs to the Parliament.
The demand was not supported by all union organizations. Several of them, such as the Independent Police Union, accused Trendafilov of politicizing labor issues.
