Active workers and retirees allege that they are still owed a fraction of vacation bonuses, uniforms and shoes, and the recreation bonus for retirees. Now the discontent is added by the fractional payments of Christmas bonuses
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Workers and pensioners from various sectors, including health and education, protested on the morning of this Wednesday, October 26, in the center of Caracas to demand pending payments, referring to bonuses and Christmas bonuses that were affected after the application of the Onapre instructions.
Adrián Bolívar, president of the National Federation of Higher Education Workers’ Unions of Venezuela (fenasoesv), asserted that the conflict will continue next year if the administration of Nicolás Maduro “does not understand that it has to return the benefits to the workers.”
In particular, the workers allege that they are still owed a fraction of the vacation bonuses –for active and retired personnel–, uniforms and footwear, and the recreation bonus for retirees. Now the discontent is added by the fractional payments of Christmas bonuses.
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“The government has resources (…) but they are applying the maquila to the workers to take their salary out of their pockets,” Bolívar asserted.
The workers marched from the headquarters of the Public Ministry, in Parque Carabobo, to the Ministry of University Education, on the corner of Los Chorros. A group of active and retired employees joined the demonstration, marching from Puerta Tamanaco of the Central University of Venezuela.
“I don’t want a bonus, I don’t want CLAP, I want a salary to live with dignity,” the workers shouted. They also requested the homologation of the salary to the basic basket, which for September was located at 357.68 dollars while the minimum wage in Venezuela is 130 bolívares.
Retired teacher Elizabeth Guerrero said that they are in the street “because of disrespect for collective bargaining. We want our bonuses to be paid as it is in the contract and not in parts.
While Jazmín Salazar commented that “he works miracles” with the salary he earns. “I spend 32 bolívares a day on the ticket, because I come from Guarenas, one has to borrow to be able to go to work because otherwise they screw you up.”
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