Greece increases minimum monthly wage

STORY: Greece increases minimum monthly wage DATELINE: March 18, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:52 LOCATION: Athens CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis 2. various of workers at a fertilizer factory 3. various of workers at food hypermarket 4. SOUNDBITE (Greek): KYRIAKOS MITSOTAKIS, Greek Prime Minister STORYLINE: The minimum monthly wage in Greece will be increased to 780 euros (830 U.S. dollars) as of April 1 this year, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in Athens Friday. This is the third time in three years the minimum wage is increased, he said. In 2019, the minimum monthly wage in the country was 650 euros. The approximately 600,000 low-income earners will still be struggling due to the inflationary pressures of recent months. However, this is the best possible the government could do and Greek enterprises could afford, he said. (1 euro= 1.06 U.S. dollars) SOUNDBITE (Greek): KYRIAKOS MITSOTAKIS, Greek Prime Minister "I have no illusions. I know, we know, that

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