The Venezuelan minimum wage has remained at 130 bolivars per month since March 2022, when it was equivalent to about 30 dollars per month. The academics proposed that the salary increase must “take into consideration” the prices of the basic basket, which the BCV calculates
Deans of the Faculty of Legal and Political Sciences of the Central (UCV), Zulia (LUZ) and Los Andes (ULA) universities sued the Venezuelan State before the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) for constitutional omission of salary adjustment, which they have not received from the Executive since 2022.
Juan Carlos Apitz, dean of the Faculty of Legal Sciences of the Central University of Venezuela (UCV), the country’s main university, reported that they filed a lawsuit for legislative omission due to the lack of annual salary adjustments, a measure that, he explained, contemplates article 91 of the Constitution.
“We are demanding that the Constitutional Chamber order the President of the Republic to comply with the Constitution, that is, to decree a salary increase for all workers,” the lawyer declared to the press this Monday, February 2.
The Venezuelan minimum wage has remained at 130 bolivars per month since March 2022, when it was equivalent to about 30 dollars per month. According to the official exchange rate of the Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV), this Monday this amount is equivalent to 35 cents on the dollar.
«If it is true that there is a spirit of rectification in the Government and its institutions, this is the best way to rectify. All workers have the right, they deserve a fair salary, a decent salary,” he added in reference to the willingness that some government officials have shown to correct “errors.”
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In this sense, he pointed out that the salary increase must “take into consideration” the prices of the basic basket, which the BCV calculates.
Likewise, he explained that his measure also contemplates that the bonuses granted by the Government to public workers – who have received adjustments in recent years – be considered as part of the salary “so that it affects” social benefits.
The university professor pointed out that the TSJ has 30 days to decide, which is why he requested a resolution that “be made quickly” because, he added, the workers are “urged” to receive this increase.
About sixty people accompanied the delivery of the document, including union representatives and also the deans of the faculties of Legal Sciences of the University of Los Andes and the University of Zulia, as well as the secretary of the University of Carabobo, all public, autonomous and among the largest in the country.
In recent years, the Maduro administration has kept the minimum wage without increases, but has increased its bonuses, which, it claims, are to “avoid inflation.”
Government bonuses for public employees are made up of a food bonus of $40 and another so-called “economic war income” of $120, which do not affect profits, vacations or other labor rights.
University professors, students and other professional groups gathered in front of the Supreme Court of Justice in support of the legal action carried out by the university deans.
With information from the EFE agency
*Journalism in Venezuela is carried out in a hostile environment for the press with dozens of legal instruments in place to punish the word, especially the laws “against hate”, “against fascism” and “against the blockade.” This content was written taking into consideration the threats and limits that, consequently, have been imposed on the dissemination of information from within the country.
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