The Unitary Central of Workers (CUT), one of the main actors in the salary and labor negotiation table, which represents the country’s employees, confirmed that the negotiations to agree on the increase in the minimum wage that will apply in 2025 did not prosper.
(Read: Minimum wage 2025: will there be an agreement before Christmas or not?).
Thus, the Government would announce this Monday, December 24, the decree through which the minimum wage would be adjusted in the middle of a press conference, scheduled after noon.
The president of the CUT, Fabio Arias Giraldo, He confirmed to EL TIEMPO that there will be a decree for next year’s increase, a decision that is in the hands of the National Government.
Recently, the Minister of Labor, Gloria Inés Ramírez, said that she was confident in an agreement despite the distant positions held by unions and unions on how much the minimum wage should increase next year.
(See: Minimum wage 2025: are the parties willing to reach an agreement?).
At the close of the last round of ordinary meetings of the labor and salary consultation table, the Minister reported that she called one or two extraordinary sessions to try to reach an agreement, a request that was approved.
In her statement last week, the head of the Labor portfolio indicated that “I hope that before December 24 we achieve something. I don’t want to spend the New Year here. We are working”said Ramírez.
Scenarios for increase
– Workers’ proposal: an increase of 12%, which would bring the salary to 1,456,000 pesos.
– Proposal from businessmen (Acopi): an increase of 6.83%, which would result in a salary of 1,388,790 pesos.
– Expert proposal: an increase of 5.2%, which would raise the salary to 1,367,000 pesos.
– National Government Proposal: an increase of 9 to 10%, which would leave the salary with a value between 1,417,000 pesos and 1,430,000 pesos.
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