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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