Santo Domingo.- Alianza País welcomed the receptive attitude of the government, through the Minister of Labor, Luis Miguel De Camps García, by convening the National Salary Committee to discuss a possible increase for workers in the private sector.
The political organization stated that from now on, it is up to the President of the Republic, Luis Abinader, to have a salary readjustment for the public sector, based on 25%, for those who have a salary of less than 150 thousand Dominican pesos, in both sectors.
The proposal for a salary increase to compensate for the loss of purchasing power of public and private workers was made by Alianza País in July of this year.
This initiative has received the support of various sectors, including the National Council of Private Enterprise (Conep), which reacted to the approach with the counterproposal that each company be allowed to carry out the increase voluntarily, which was objected by the organization politician who heads the alternative opposition in the Dominican Republic.
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Alianza País assured that it trusts that in the meeting convened by the Ministry of Labor for next Tuesday, August 30, the best decisions will be made, for the benefit of the working sector.
On the need for a salary increase
In a recent analysis carried out by the Economic Commission of Alianza País, chaired by the economist and university professor, Francisco Tavarez, the party determined that “the prices of food, electricity and inputs for agricultural production increase without the current government assuming a concrete and effective economic policy beyond some subsidies, and other measures of limited scope”, a situation that has deteriorated the living conditions of the middle class and the popular sectors, and that, by the end of This 2022, it is projected to increase by 12%, due to the high inflation of the last three years.
Likewise, the analysis suggests that the real salary of the average Dominican worker continues to plummet and, according to official data, purchasing power has fallen by an estimated 22%, as a result of accumulated inflation, which means that almost a quarter of the salary received by public and private employees has become salt and water, which is why a salary increase of at least 25% is urgently needed for guards and police officers, nurses, bioanalysts, etc., as well as salaries in the private sector until those who earn 150 thousand pesos a month.
