Trade unions describe budget package as acceptable

The Finance Minister’s proposed budget package was described on Monday by the country’s biggest grouping of trades unions as an acceptable compromise. The unions were meeting with employers and the government for regular three-way discussions. The chairman of the Czech and Moravian Confederation of Trades Unions, Milan Štěch, said unions still had reservations about a proposed 4.0 percent cut in public sector wages and cuts in payments to new-born children and child support.

Author: Chris Johnstone