To live on minimum wage

Daily, weekly and monthly basis they make that seemingly impossible, even hypothetically. Impossible, because in the Irkutsk Region legitimate size of the smallest salary – 4,330 rubles. That is one and a half (!) Times less than the minimum subsistence level (the value of Russia – 6367 rubles). From June 1, although the gap is slightly reduced: the size of minimum wages in Irkutsk, for example, plans to raise up to … 4611 rubles. Salary invisible Who is receiving such "nanozarplaty? As we oriented in the Irkutsk association of trade unions – all the technical staff in schools and kindergartens area, many cultural workers, especially in villages, guarding and technical staff in other budget institutions … How to survive the people dropped out of poverty? Irkutyanka Christine recalls how several years ago, she worked in a kindergarten for pay 3800 rubles. It turned out that even the dole girl was getting more profitable. Today, incidentally, is still more advantageous to receive unemployment benefits than to wash the floors, to guard depots or to engage with students, say music, because its maximum size in Irkutsk is 4,880 rubles. A resident of the village of Markova Olga Buharova shows your current sheet for March: "To issue: 3165 rubles." Another thousand – the advance. The family – three of them schoolchildren. Monthly charges for electricity (the family lives in a private house – to warm the water heater needed) – nearly a third of the amount. During the year the children have time to grow out of winter clothes, so that each approach of cold weather – a financial tragedy. Olga says that five people "eat" the whole month salary of her husband. The store often to buy bread and milk. The city would have the money not spent, and in the settlement only saved the garden and farm – chickens to rabbits. Frightening to those in the "stone jungle". Elena Nikolaeva from Sayansk was forced to change a two-bedroom apartment where they lived with her ​​daughter: the property tax and utility payments to families have been unfeasible. 50-year-old woman herself repairing furniture and spreads linoleum. She could not remember when walking to the store for skirts or blouses. "I understand why our country is so high death rate from influenza, – said Elena Ivanovna, – people have to choose between medicine and the most necessary products. My colleagues at work are growing two sons, and she tearfully tells how to go to bed half-starved – the entire dinner, gives the boys … "Neprozhitochnaya" sum "Ironically, our laws now allow you to set the smallest wages below the subsistence minimum, – says Valentin Fedoseev , a legal officer of the Irkutsk Regional Committee of the National Workers' Union formed Education and Science. – The Labour Code is Article 133, which states: minimum wage can not be less than the minimum subsistence level. No 421 article of the same Code and federal law on the subsistence level it is neutralized. " But included in the beggarly 4000 also "northern" coefficients with the district allowances, according to experts – is illegal. Indeed, below the nationwide 4330 rubles according to the law minimum wage can not be in any region of the country. "An employer can not hide behind the fact that he included all four thousand allowances, because, for example, in the Krasnodar Territory residents receive the same amount without any" northern ", – said the inspector. Valentin Fedoseev and her colleagues have already helped dozens of people, including Elena Nikolaeva, return at least surcharges – months of litigation allow at least doskresti to subsistence. However, even this seemingly fair decision the court takes is not always: Eugene Vorobyov, deputy chairman of the Irkutsk regional associations of trade unions, the head of the department of human rights and normative work, says that there is practice, when the court refuses to employees. Then the options does not have enough: just to survive. At 4330 rubles. By the way: SMIC's neighbors: Republic of Buryatia – from 5338 rubles. Krasnoyarsk region – from 5095 rubles. Chita region – from 4330 rubles.