Public wages should keep up with private

(see related)(ANSA) - Rome, July 26 - Public-sector contracts and wage increases should keep pace with those in the private sector, CGIL union federation official Serena Sorrentino said Tuesday after a meeting with Civil Service Minister Marianna Madia. Wage increases must be the same for everyone, Sorrentino said. "After that there can be a differentiation with respect to productivity," she said, adding that the CGIL has proposed a "new protocol for labor relations".