The Ukrzaliznytsia public railway company’s Board Chairman Wojciech Balczun has signed an order increasing the hourly wage rates and salaries of the company’s employees from 1 July. The margin of increase was agreed with the trade union of railway workers and transport builders, which announced the signing of the document.

The order No. 468 of 27 July 2016 provides for increasing the salaries of the following: the main workers whose activities are directly related to provision of services involving transportation of goods and passengers, repair, and maintenance of rolling stock and infrastructure (a 25% increase); administrative staff of Ukrzaliznytsia, its regional offices, and its branches (25%); other employees (20%).