'With this inflation, it’s low-to-middle income people who are going to suffer quite badly'

'The value of the wage packet this year is hugely diminished compared to last year,' said Ictu's Patricia King. File Picture: Pexels

Employers across the country are to be inundated with pay hike demands from workers struggling to bear the cost of inflation which is now at a 22-year high.

Irish Congress of Trade Unions general secretary Patricia King confirmed its Private Sector Committee will meet on Tuesday to discuss the crisis and plot their demand for members' pay increases.