The PIT-CNT met with the Minister of Labor, Pablo Mieres, and proposed to establish an amendment so that the national minimum wage (which is adjusted in January) also has an increase in July, as will happen with the remuneration of public officials. . With this modification it is intended that the increase “reaches many more people”, said the president of the trade union center, Marcelo Abdala, at a press conference recorded by Telemundo (Channel 12).
With this proposal, the PIT-CNT seeks to take into account informal workers, According to Abdala, they are the ones in a worse situation.
The trade unionist stated that the situation is “brava” and that “people are not making ends meet”. Furthermore, he explained that the MTSS acknowledged the criticism of the PIT-CNT, which described the package of measures as “absolutely insufficient”in a statement published on Tuesday.
“If I had to name a musical group with respect to considering this proposal, for the situation that the vast majority of the population is experiencing, the group is Cortijo y su combo”ironized the president of the union central.
The government decreed on Monday an adjustment of 2% to public salaries and 3% to liabilitiesin addition to call 88 negotiation tables of the Salary Councils of the private sector to achieve similar adjustment percentages.
The announcement was made at a press conference by the president, Luis Lacalle Pou, who, consulted by the criticism of the trade union center, said that “I did not expect anything else from the PIT-CNT” at a press conference. “It is difficult for us to agree”he added, referring to the meeting held this Thursday.
