BRUSSELS, Dec 6 — EU ministers today agreed measures to better protect wage levels in Europe and give workers more power to oppose low pay.
The 27 member states are historically divided on the issue because national pay systems and minimum wages vary widely, from €312 a month in Bulgaria to €2,142 in Luxembourg, according to figures published last year. “Work should pay,” said Slovenian labour minister Janez Cigler Kralj, whose country holds the EU’s six-month rotating presidency.
In the plan, countries without collective bargaining systems, which typically deliver better wage conditions for workers, are urged to implement them.
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