(April 2017) Latest statistics show pay rises failing to keep pace with inflation and public service union have highlighted how their members have been losing out after several years of pay freezes and below-inflation pay increases. The GMB union estimates that a full-timie public sector worker has lost out by GBP 9000 (EUR 10600) since 2010.
Public service unions highlight loss in purchasing power
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Latest figures on loss of purchasing power
The UGFF-CGT state sector federation has updated its figures on the loss of purchasing power faced by public sector workers since 2000. While inflation has risen by more than 21% over this period, the index point used to calculate public sector salaries has increased by only 9%. To show the impact of this, the UGFF-CGT gives examples of different salaries and what they would have been, had they kept up with inflation. The loss of purchasing power is anything from €181 to €538 per month, depending on the level of salary. [Read more at > UGFF-CGT (FR)->http://www.ugff.cgt.fr/spip.php?article1822
Pay freeze in 2012 means 13% loss of purchasing power
The FSC-CCOO and FSP-UGT public service federations have criticised the centre-right government for imposing a further pay freeze in the public sector in 2012. The previous socialist government had imposed an average 5% cut in 2010 followed by a pay freeze in 2011. Unions estimate that the combined effect of these measures is that public sector workers will have seen the purchasing power of their salaries fall by 13% in real terms over three years. They have also criticised the freeze on recruitment, particularly at a time of such high unemployment and above all among younger people. [Read
Unions mobilise over purchasing power
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