The government’s negotiating team will keep talking to union leaders to meet their demands as much as the budget allows, Prime Minister Dimitar Kovachevski said in response to reporters’ questions on recent protests organized by several trade unions demanding higher pay.
PM Kovachevski said previous talks had resulted in signing a new general collective agreement, 10-percent raises for public sector employees as well as a K-15 annual leave allowance for 2023.
Stressing that the team would continue meeting with union representatives, Kovachevski also noted that the K-15 annual leave allowance in 2024 would equal one third of the average salary, which is now over 37,000 denars.