In the near future the
Government will propose a system that will provide an opportunity to restore
social equality in payment of wages and pensions for Ukrainian citizens. This
was stated by Prime Minister of UkraineVolodymyr Groysman opening the
Government’s meeting on Tuesday, August 23.
"The time has come when
we can offer the option of how to solve the issue to enable payment of decent
salaries for the Ukrainian citizens, and to restore social justice in pension
provision. This is our principal objective”, said Volodymyr Groysman.
“Soon we’ll present, instead of populist steps, real tools that people will
feel".
According to him, the wages of
Ukrainian citizens are undervalued. "Our goal is to offer shortly a new
system that will allow us to restore justice for working people", said the
Prime Minister.
In particular, according to
him, it is crucial to de-shadow wages, to destroy the system of leveling, to
give the opportunity to build a high quality retirement scheme, “so that
Ukrainian pensioner, and they are millions of people, could understand that if
he/she works he will get decent pension, and it will be guaranteed by the
state."
The Prime Minister expressed
his belief that proposals regarding solving of these issues will bring to
elaboration of a shared position and will have the support of unions.
"It is important to
ensure that we could allow for all the views and present [a common variant
–ed.] to the Ukrainian society, and we will do it together with the support of
factions of the coalitions of the Parliament, parliamentary factions ready to
support such necessary decisions, together with the President," he said.
Volodymyr Groysman announced
that day there would be approved a General agreement with trade unions that had
not been signed by Government throughout 5 years.
"Now we will do it. It's
not just the deal that we just sign technically, it means our joint commitment
that we will implement in order to protect the rights of ordinary Ukrainian
citizen", he noted.
"What is our mission?
Decent jobs, decent wages, retirement age - decent pensions. I think the time
has come when we are capable of solving all these problems and we’ll do
it", promised Volodymyr Groysman.
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