Ukrainian trade unions have set an ultimatum to the IMF

Trade unions demand from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to withdraw their demands on Ukraine to raise the retirement age for women. "We demand from the IMF immediately remove the requirement to the Government regarding raising the retirement age for women and the increasing need for pension seniority of 10 years, as credit conditions in Ukraine", - the statement says the Federation of Trade Unions of Ukraine, UNIAN. In the case of non-ultimatum, unions intend to start a public campaign to end cooperation with the IMF. "The draft pension reform proposed by the government, will help reduce the budget deficit the Pension Fund of Ukraine (PFC) to 5%," - the message media center FPU. These calculations are carried out on the basis of FPA filed a bill to parliament. "Provided that the total deficit of the Pension Fund in 2010, over 36 billion hryvnia. savings on the costs of raising the retirement age for women per year is not more than 0,6 billion hryvnia, and the whole package of government "pension initiatives" allows you to count on the savings of only 1.7 billion hryvnia, which is less than 5 % of the total deficit, "- said in a statement. FPA also said that tomorrow, March 11, activists will picket the site of the IMF to Ukraine in connection with unlawful interference with the Fund in the internal social policy of the state.