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In the previous vote on the minimum wage bill in the Chamber of Deputies and Deputies, the Finance Commission met with Finance Minister Ignacio Briones, and the president of the Central Unitary of Workers, Bárbara Figueroa.
On the occasion, the Minister of Finance remained firm in the Government’s position regarding establishing an increase of only 0.4%, so that it would go from a minimum salary of $ 320,500 to $ 322,000, however he opened up to the possibility to legislate for only six months said readjustment of $ 1,500 to return to talk in March.
“It makes a lot of sense to evaluate, to give us an intermediate station to evaluate the economic situation of employment in March, I think it is a feasible route. I am very open in the line of talking, we have to quickly close this issue,” said the minister, to purpose of a motion of the CUT.
“We are going to reject everything”
In the commission they were not at all in agreement with the explanation of the head of the Treasury. “As was obvious, in the Treasury committee, Minister Briones insists on zero adjustment to the minimum wage. Tomorrow we will reject everything in the room. The workers deserve a dignified adjustment,” the president of the committee, the deputy Daniel Núñez.
As was obvious. In the Finance Committee, Minister Briones insists on a zero readjustment to the Minimum Wage. Tomorrow we are going to reject everything in the room. The [email protected] deserve a worthy readjustment !!!!!
– Daniel Nuñez A. (@daniel_nunez_a) September 7, 2020
Although the initiative was rejected in its idea of legislating last week by the Labor Commission, considering the amount insufficient, the text was also referred to its peer from the Treasury by agreement of the parliamentary committees, given the nature of immediate discussion with that tells the message of the Executive, which became aware of the budgetary impact of the norm.
Meanwhile, Bárbara Figueroa called for the possibility of achieving a greater increase, since for the most deprived workers their income level is not only affected by the CPI, but also “the basic food basket, which has risen by much higher percentage, it should be key when analyzing a salary readjustment “.
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