Labor meets today to set date

[NewsWhore]

The labor syndicates will meet later today to set the date for a protest march and general strike. The march will target the National Business Council (CONEP). Spokespersons for the labor sector told reporters from Hoy that they hoped that the business leaders had become more Christian over the Holy Week recess, and that this would allow them to relax their positions on generalized wage increases. Rafael Abreu, Eugenio Perez Cepeda, Jacobo Ramos and Gabriel del Rio Done made the comments when they participated in a workshop on the preparations for social security that was organized by the Dominican Institute for Social Security (IDSS). Labor's position is that workers earning up to RD$30,000 per month receive a 25% wage increase retroactive to November 2006. According to the report, the CONEP has sent a proposal to the labor leaders, but it has not yet been received.

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