NewsWhore
05-05-2009, 06:20 PM
While the labor sector threatens to stage a general strike if a wage increase is not agreed upon this week, the National Salaries Committee (CNS) has yet to set a date to discuss the issue. Union leader Rafael (Pepe) Abreu, who represents labor in the talks, criticized the management attitude in refusing to present a proposal for increasing salaries.
Meanwhile, the president of the Management Confederation of the Dominican Republic, Marisol Vicens, said that the business sector is willing to take part when the organization (the CNS) convenes and it will be there that they present their proposals on salary increases for the workers.
CNS president Gloria Henriquez reported that today they would try to set a date for convening the Committee, saying that a meeting had been set for last Thursday but she was not able to attend due to illness and the meeting was postponed. Henriquez reminded reporters that the law only allows this entity to discuss minimum salary issues for workers, but they have always been available to mediate between management and labor representatives in order to arrive at a satisfactory set of agreements on the other salary ranges.
The threat of a general strike is added to the wave of protests being held in communities all over the country in demand of infrastructure projects, roads, and, in the case of the doctors and other health workers, higher salaries. The workers are demanding a general wage increase of 40% for employees who earn up to RD$20,000 per month and 25% increases for those earning up to RD$30,000 a month.
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Meanwhile, the president of the Management Confederation of the Dominican Republic, Marisol Vicens, said that the business sector is willing to take part when the organization (the CNS) convenes and it will be there that they present their proposals on salary increases for the workers.
CNS president Gloria Henriquez reported that today they would try to set a date for convening the Committee, saying that a meeting had been set for last Thursday but she was not able to attend due to illness and the meeting was postponed. Henriquez reminded reporters that the law only allows this entity to discuss minimum salary issues for workers, but they have always been available to mediate between management and labor representatives in order to arrive at a satisfactory set of agreements on the other salary ranges.
The threat of a general strike is added to the wave of protests being held in communities all over the country in demand of infrastructure projects, roads, and, in the case of the doctors and other health workers, higher salaries. The workers are demanding a general wage increase of 40% for employees who earn up to RD$20,000 per month and 25% increases for those earning up to RD$30,000 a month.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#6)