Labor activist says household living-cost basket tops 50 million tomans, calls for wage revision

Household living-cost basket has exceeded 50 million tomans. Somayeh Golpour, a labor activist, told Shargh newspaper that the cost of the household living-cost basket in major cities has passed 50 million tomans and that the gap between wages and actual living costs widened in the second half of the year; she warned continuing that trend could increase pressure on working-class households (source: Shargh).

Therefore the Supreme Labor Council should promptly place the issue of wage adjustment on its agenda (sources: Shargh and ISNA).

A labor activist told ISNA that the household living-cost basket in major cities has passed 50 million tomans, that the gap between wages and real living costs widened in the second half of the year, and that continuation of this situation could place greater pressure on working households (source: ISNA).