Originally Posted by
Officer Cartman
Lower inflation numbers does not mean the price of goods etc has come down, we still had very high inflation over the past year or two, it’s just the price rises of things have slowed down. The buying power like most people has reduced over the past couple of years.
….and it’s about pay restoration due to past years inflation and lost income. This is not a pay increase per se taking these factors in to account, in fact 15% means a pay cut in real terms.