After the representatives of the employers, the government and the workers met this morning behind closed doors at the Ministry of Labor, the employers will study the proposal of the trade union centrals to increase the minimum wage by 35%.
About him salary increasethe trade union centrals hope that by mid february already have a decision.
“We want to tell businessmen that the workers are desperate because there is an increase in wages,” said the president of the National Confederation of Dominican Workers (CNTD), Jacobo Ramos.
He warned that in the Dominican Republic a social explosion if wages are not increased.
“The inflationary situation in the country it is unsustainable and they cannot play with fire”, he pointed out.
Employers’ position
Mario Pujols Ortiz, new executive vice president of the Association of Industries of the Dominican Republic (AIRD), said that now they need to study the proposal from the workers.
“We are already sworn in. As of today our homework begins once we receive it,” he said.
In addition to Pujols, the business representatives before the National Wage Committee (CNS) are: Luis Miura, president of the Dominican Confederation of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (Codopyme), and Pedro R. Rodríguez, executive vice president of the Employers’ Confederation of the Dominican Republic (Copardom).
“The business sector has asked the National Wage Committee to give it a prudent time for them to know the position of the trade union sector, for them to study and see, to make a decision. Therefore, after taking the oath of office, we are going to give it prudent time for all the groups to study,” said Angel Martin Mieses, director of the CNS.
By the workers They were present the representatives of the Autonomous Classist Union Confederations (CASC), Gabriel Del Río; National of Dominican Workers (CNTD), Jacobo Ramos; and from the National Trade Union Unity (CNUS), Rafael -Pepe-Abreu, among others.
The tripartite dialogue it was postponed without date.
