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rapid increase
before the crisis
2009: wage
freeze for the
overall public
sector, cuts in
certain
professions (e.g.
-8% for police
and border
guards)
2010: some
recuperation
2012: slight
minimum wage
increase
affecting the
public sector
wage freeze in
the general
public sector
since 2006
(already before
the crisis)
cut of 13th
month salary
(2009)
LV 2008:
withdrawal of
bonuses and
premiums
2009: -15 to -
30% decrease in
basic pay (e.g.
monthly gross
wages of
teachers cut by
almost a third)
Reform of
public sector
teachers’
pay system as
part of reform
of
fnancing
system of
public schools
(2009) and
standardisation
of pay
structure
across public
sector
job cuts in the
public
health services
as a
consequence
of the
reduction of
health care
budget by 21%
school
closures,
resutling
dismissal of
teachers
10/2009: protest in local
hospitals
03/2011: railway workers
successfully demonstrate for
wage hike (5 percent)
03/2012: teachers strike for
higher wages. Transportation
and energy sector workers
hold solidarity strikes with
teachers and protest against
the anti-union amendment of
the labour code. Biggest
strike wave in the post-Soviet
history of the country.
Eventually, the government
concedes a 15% rise for
teachers.
12/2008 -01/2009:
demonstrations in parts of the
public sector (mostly
healthcare and education)
05/2011: firefighters and
police demonstration against
the abolition of special
pension rights
10/2011: overall (public and
private) national union
demonstration against antiunion
measures of the new
government, against the new
labour code
01/2012: resignation
campaign of doctors,
negotiated salary increase as
a result
10/2008: strike of healthcare
employees b/c of budget
cuts. No direct effect on the
government but the tripartite
council endorses healthcare
workers' demands
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