NewsWhore
05-10-2011, 02:50 PM
Management and labor representatives have stuck to their positions, keeping the current wage talks in stalemate. Interviewed separately by Listin Diario reporters, management representative Circe Almanzar and workers representatives Gabriel del Rio Done and Agustin Vargas Saillant stood firm in their demands.
Management is offering a 12.90% increase for the minimum wage earners while union representatives are pushing a 25% wage increase for minimum wage earners and a 20% increase for employees earning up to RD$50,000 a month. Labor says that the management offer does not even cover the cost of living increases over the past two years. They also say that there are precedents for discussing wage increases for earners over the minimum wage level because this was done in 1987 and 2004.
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Management is offering a 12.90% increase for the minimum wage earners while union representatives are pushing a 25% wage increase for minimum wage earners and a 20% increase for employees earning up to RD$50,000 a month. Labor says that the management offer does not even cover the cost of living increases over the past two years. They also say that there are precedents for discussing wage increases for earners over the minimum wage level because this was done in 1987 and 2004.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#5)