Is the action "Best price" just a promotional trick of the ruling party at a time when people are protesting on the streets against lithium mining and when the minimum wage for the next year is being decided? It will be 53.592 dinars, which coincides with the amount of the minimum shopping basket, but for May of this year. In addition, the Labor Law, in relation to the payment of the minimum wage, has not been respected in Serbia for years
On Thursday, August 15, negotiations on the amount of the final salary will begin. The unions have said how much they are asking for, but Vučić is offering less, even though he has no authority to do so. The President of Serbia believes that the minimum wage should be lower than the minimum consumer basket
While the government is sitting in Belgrade, talking about the incredible economic "successes" of the country, preparing for Expo 2027 and spending millions and millions of evars, it is estimated that around 800.000 citizens of Serbia live in absolute poverty. Most of them without the right to cash social assistance, which is insufficient for mere survival anyway. Because if the President of the National Assembly, Ana Brnabić, says that she can survive for several days with 40.000 dinars, what should a three-person household do with about 21.000 dinars for a month? And that, if they are "lucky" to renew the request and get the right to cash social assistance
The minimum consumer basket for a household of three for the month of May this year was 51.874,39 dinars. With that amount, among other things, it is foreseen that the family can buy 500 grams of hake or 200 grams of lemons per month. Seasonal fruit was not even mentioned, I guess that's a luxury. In short, with the minimum net income from 2023, you could cover the minimum consumer basket, but from 2019. And since 2019, the prices have been going up and up
The current minimum wage is around 40.000. The trade unions are asking for it to be increased to 50.000 dinars already this year. The President of Serbia said that the minimum wage in 2024 will be 400 euros
With 40.000 dinars per month, which is the minimum, it is not possible to live, unless a family of three will only feed on bread smeared with fat. Arguments that 120 dinars are not enough for education, or 1200 dinars for clothes and shoes, do not reach the political elite.
