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04-12-2011, 04:30 PM
The vice-president of the CNUS union federation, Rafael (Pepe) Abreu has announced that minimum wage increase talks with management representatives have broken down. The talks stalled on Monday after management offered a wage increase of 11.58%. The labor representatives say this is not even close to covering the increased cost of living since the last time wages were raised.
The union spokesman told reporters from El Nuevo Diario that the management representatives did not present anything in writing and that it was only "verbally" that the president of the Dominican Management Confederation (Copardon), Jaime Gonzalez, said that the business representatives were offering an 11.58% increase in minimum wages. At the highest levels of the minimum wage, this means a monthly increase of less than RD$1,000, and at the lowest levels, an increase of some RD$500 a month.
Abreu said that the offer amounted to a mockery and he announced that the unions would begin a series of marches and other demonstrations in favor of their call for a 30% wage increase for employees earning up to RD$30,000 and a 25% wage increase for those earning up to RD$50,000.
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The union spokesman told reporters from El Nuevo Diario that the management representatives did not present anything in writing and that it was only "verbally" that the president of the Dominican Management Confederation (Copardon), Jaime Gonzalez, said that the business representatives were offering an 11.58% increase in minimum wages. At the highest levels of the minimum wage, this means a monthly increase of less than RD$1,000, and at the lowest levels, an increase of some RD$500 a month.
Abreu said that the offer amounted to a mockery and he announced that the unions would begin a series of marches and other demonstrations in favor of their call for a 30% wage increase for employees earning up to RD$30,000 and a 25% wage increase for those earning up to RD$50,000.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#8)