Government suspends CNS

[NewsWhore]

Hoping to give both sides more time to talk, the government has decided to suspend the National Committee on Salaries (CNS) meeting. The meeting had been called by Vice President Rafael Alburquerque who earlier this week joined the negotiation talks between both sides. The meeting was scheduled for 10:30am today at the Ministry of Labor but Alburquerque told Labor Minister Ramon Fadul to cancel the meeting and both sides agreed to continue talks. Both sides have continued firm with their proposals making negotiations extremely difficult. The business sector, through Maribel Gasso of the Confederacion Patronal (Compardom), has now proposed an increase of only 12% to the minimum salary while the laborers want a 25% wage increase for all persons making up to RD$30,000 per month. The significance of convening the CNS is that it has the authority to increase minimum wage standards, even without the consent of labor or management. Mediator Monsignor Agripino Nunez Collado, commented yesterday, and had greeted the intervention of the CNS as a sign that workers would get a salary increase.

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