Cuba labor congress focuses on low wage

Cuba labor congress focuses on low wage
Xinhua, February 23, 2014

Low wage has been one of the most debated issues in the 20th Congress of
the Workers' Central Union of Cuba (CTC), a senior union official said
here on Saturday.

Ulises Guilarte de Nacimiento, president of the CTC organizing
committee, said that an increase in wages must go first based on the
principle that all the (State) companies should work with efficiency.

"It will not be possible to increase the income of workers if the
company is not able to finance this growth," the official said.

Average monthly wages in Cuba stand at 17 U.S. dollars, an amount far
from being satisfactory for local residents.

Founded in 1939, the CTC, the only and official workers' union on the
island, has some 3 million members. Endi

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