CNS approves increase

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The National Salary Committee (CNS) has approved a 15% minimum wage increase for private sector workers, including farm workers and night watchmen. This means that the minimum wage level will be RD$4,485 while the next pay levels will be RD$5,060 and RD$7,360 per month. Rural workers who currently make RD$130 per day will receive a wage increase of RD$20.00 and night watchmen will now earn RD$6,210. Although the business sector and the workers unions agreed on the wage increase, union leader Rafael Abreu, vice president of National Union Unity Council (CNUS), walked out of the meeting because he disagreed with the decision. Both sides also signed an agreement for a 5% increase for workers who earn up to RD$30,000. Hoy writes that Lisandro Macarrulla, president of National Business Council (CONEP), and Maribel Gasso of the Dominican Employers Confederation (COPADOM) signed the agreement on behalf of the business sector. Monsignor Agripino Nunez Collado and Vice President Rafael Alburquerque were both present as witnesses.

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