Presidential faction calls on government to raise minimum wage to UAH 4,000

The Bloc of Petro Poroshenko (BPP) faction in parliament has called on the government to increase the minimum wage in Ukraine to UAH 4,000 (about $150).

The chairman of the BPP faction, Artur Herasymov, said this at a meeting of the parliament's conciliatory council on Monday, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

"We are appealing to the government regarding a further increase in the minimum wage to UAH 4,000," he said.

The minimum wage in Ukraine now stands at UAH 3,200.

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