President Iván Duque’s proposal is that the salary increase be 10.7%.
Colombia News
In the middle of his visit to San Andrés, the President of the Republic, Iván Duque, proposed that the increase in the minimum wage would be 10.7% and that it would reach one million pesos.
The president of the Colombians alluded to the fact that it is a campaign promise and a dream of the government in which they will work together with the country’s businessmen.
“We have been working for about three months with various business sectors,” stressed the national president.
Duque also expressed that he has had conversations with workers throughout the national territory to listen to them; thus also deliberating on a proposal to increase the minimum wage.
The economy is advancing, I value a supportive and constructive posture of the business and union sector in which we have worked for months thinking about the welfare of workers and fulfilling our promise, a minimum wage reaches $ 1 million, an increase of 10.07%, the largest real increase in 40 years. pic.twitter.com/218QkbkeRA
– Iván Duque ?? (@IvanDuque) December 12, 2021
“We have gone through very difficult times in 2020, the economy is recovering dynamically; We are going to have the highest economic growth of this century and we see a great desire from businessmen to do something that is significant and is a strong message for the Colombian people, “he said.
It should be clarified that the negotiating table for the minimum wage in Colombia has been sitting since the beginning of December and there has been speculation about the percentage increase to which the minimum wage should reach by 2022.
According to President Duque, it would be the highest real increase in the last 40 years.
