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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10898
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SOCIAL / (ae) social

Drop in wages - dramatic consequence of austerity (ETUC)

Brussels, 29/07/2013 (Agence Europe) -15 countries of the EU have seen a fall in wages in real terms since the crisis began, whilst unemployment has been continually on the rise, affecting more than 26.5 million people in the EU.

This was revealed by the visual map unveiled on Monday 29 July by the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI). Based on the recent report by ETUI, Benchmarking Working Europe, this info graphic illustrates the evolution of wages in the member states of the EU between...