It is hopeless to hear about wage increases in a country with significant unemployment due to the fact that countries like these have active loan of million to billion of dollars as is the case in mine. Actually I wanted to laugh when I read this news a while ago, but that's the truth.
If we talk about the government who didnt concern about rising up the minimum salary in the country, its clear that in my country the case happens too, even the minimum salary policy which is applied by them is under of the inflation. Based on what OP wrote, he told about the government who didn't rise up the salary in the public sector meanwhile the worker move to the private sector which means give a better facility for the worker. Honestly, I dunno where is, but it's much better than my country.