Library Workers in Pécs Demonstrated Against Unfair Salaries

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They reported their dismal situation to local government representatives in an open letter a few weeks ago, but substantial improvement is only possible with government help.

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A similar movement was announced in Szeged for November.

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At the end of September, the librarians of Pécs wrote an open letter to all local representatives after the financial situation of the institution became untenable. In it, they listed their problems arising from underfunding, emigration and a staff freeze, and showed how frustratingly low the salaries they work for are. The average gross salary in the Pécs library is only 379,693 forints, which is just over half of the national average gross sal…