/ 31 May 2022

Explainer: Why wage talks are inflation’s next battlefront

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High food and fuel prices have prompted trade unions to make bigger wage demands, which will exert upward pressure on longer-term inflation.(Photo by EMMANUEL CROSET/AFP via Getty Images)
High food and fuel prices have prompted trade unions to make bigger wage demands, which will exert upward pressure on longer-term inflation

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