The leadership of the Ukrainian Parliament and the leaders of the factions on the first day of the week will hold a meeting with commissioners of trade unions, which last week picketed the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine with the requirement to index wages and pensions, said the speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Volodymyr Groisman.

Commissioners of trade unions last Wednesday for the third time held a rally outside the Cabinet of Ministers in Kiev and demanded of the government to raise the minimum wage and to index all social payments to the inflation rate 2014-15. Protesters also demanded to set fair prices for gas and Tariffs on communal services.

before the Parliament speaker ordered the relevant committees to hold meetings with the government regarding the possibility of indexation of wages and pensions.

"I would ask today (Monday) after a meeting of the conciliatory Council to remain in Parliament: we will conduct for Directors factions meeting with the unions," said Groisman, referring to the leaders of parliamentary factions. He Also expressed hope that the meeting will be positive.

currently Ukraine in fact is on the verge of default. In the country increases unemployment, the national currency over one year fell by more than 3 times. In the end, according to the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine, in January 2015 the average salary in the country amounted 3455 hryvnia, or About $ 160. This is one of the lowest figures in the EU. Tariffs for electricity, gas, heat and hot water increased for residents of Ukraine from April 1. According to the agreement between the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and international monetary Fund, Usually the cost of gas for residents increased by 285%. Also due to the increase in the cost of electricity from may 1 increased water Rates for residents from 4% to 100%. About 70% of the population of Ukraine in the process sociologicheskogo research told of dissatisfaction with their lives, noting that events in Russia are developing in the wrong direction."

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