Today, a meeting between the President of the Federation of Trade Unions of Macedonia, Darko Dimovski and the President of the Energy Regulatory Commission of the Republic of North Macedonia, Marko Bislimoski was held.
The meeting discussed the consequences that will arise from the increase in the price of electricity on the most vulnerable category of the population, workers receiving the minimum wage, pensioners and other vulnerable categories who will directly feel this increase in the price of electricity.
The President of SSM, Dimovski and the President of the Regulatory Commission, Bislimoski jointly appeal to the companies to come up with new calculations for the price of electricity, and the Regulatory Commission, in case it receives new calculations to reduce the price, will make a new decision to reduce the electricity price.
At the same time, if the price of electricity is not reduced, it was discussed that the new Government, in the shortest possible time, to adopt a decision to subsidize the percentage of increase for the vulnerable groups pf people.
The need to reduce VAT was also discussed, as a measure to overcome the price difference from the increase in the price of electricity.
Among other issues, both organizations committed themselves in signing a Memorandum of cooperation between ERC and SSM in the next period, in order jointly to review and discuss further decisions that will greatly affect the budget of workers and households.
The President of the Federation of Trade Unions of Macedonia, Darko Dimovski, emphasized that if the companies do not make price corrections, and the decision for the increase of the price of electricity is not withdrawn, it is necessary to increase all salaries and pensions at least in the amount of the increased costs for life.
