As inflation quietly dismantles the economic dignity of Ethiopia's salaried workers, the Confederation of Ethiopian Trade Unions has stepped forward as both witness and advocate — pressing government and international institutions alike to honor the promise of a minimum wage and ease the tax burden on those least able to bear it. The union's rare alignment with IMF officials signals that the moral weight of this struggle is beginning to find institutional ears. What remains is the harder passage from acknowledgment to action, in a country where the cost of living moves faster than the machiner
Ethiopian unions push IMF on wage floor and tax relief amid inflation surge
Workers across Ethiopia face severe financial strain from rapid inflation and rising cost of living eroding purchasing power of salaried employees.