High salaries did not support the increases

of the options The hikes that have rained down on people since then have wiped out fixed income wage hikes. The increases made to workers, civil servants and pensioners were withdrawn to more than gram gram, liter liter, cent cent. The minimum wage, whose monthly salary was 8,506 lire before the elections, that day was 6.8 grams of gold, 456 liters of diesel and 426 dollars. After the elections, the minimum wage was increased to 11,402 lire with great news. However, the rain of hikes experienced since that day quickly melted the TL. With the increase in the minimum wage, today, with the exchange rate rising to 27 liras, you can only buy 422 dollars, 6.7 grams of gold or 352 liters of diesel. The new increased minimum wage was gone before it was even discovered. The lowest pensioner’s pension was 7,500 lira before the elections. After the election, there was no increase in this salary.

MONEY WITHDRAWN $278

The lowest pension fell from $376 to $278 during that time. The pension, which before the elections was 6 grams of gold, is now only 4.4 grams. The purchasing power of this pensioner against diesel also decreased by 170 liters. The salary of the lowest retired official increased from 7,901 lira to 9,876 lira with the increase in July. However, despite the increase, the official’s salary was withdrawn by 30 dollars. This retiree lost half a gram of gold, his purchasing power decreased by 119 liters due to the increase in diesel. Only public servants were able to protect the salary increase against the rise in gold and the dollar with the rise in fuel prices. The lowest salary for civil servants (single and childless), which was 10,430 lira, increased to 20,500 lira thanks to the increase in scale. This official, who before the elections earned $522 with his salary, can now receive $759. Despite the increase, the purchasing power of the officer’s diesel increased by 73 liters.

Private sector employee burned

Millions of private sector employees who were paid above the minimum wage and whose new wages equaled the minimum wage with little raises, or who were above the new minimum wage and never received a raise, were left completely helpless in the face of the increase. of the cost of living. . For example, a worker whose salary of 10,000 lire was equal to the new minimum wage lost $78 in income, while the purchasing power of a private sector employee who did not receive a 15,000-lire salary increase in July decreased by 196. dollars against the dollar. The employee, whose salary was 20,000 lira and did not receive a raise, suffered a loss of income of $261.