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The Government and the Central Unitaria de Trabajadores concluded the negotiations to set the minimum wage readjustment without an agreement. The proposal to increase the minimum salary from $ 320,500 to $ 400,000 pesos was ruled out, arguing that it implies a 25% increase in the midst of a great economic crisis.
This Monday, the CUT board of directors held its eighth meeting with the Ministers of Finance, Ignacio Briones, and of Labor, María José Zaldívar. Although they could not agree on an amount for the readjustment, they did agree on the recommendation thate should avoid layoffs in companies that receive state support.
“We regret not being able to reach an agreement on the figure. We could not advance in the real readjustment, where employers and businessmen put their hands in their pockets, because the figure that the Executive promised was far from what we could accept,” said Bárbara Figueroa ..
“We hope that in the framework of the debate that comes in Congress we can address it,” added Figueroa, who hopes that the negotiation will resume in March. “It is not a sidereal distance and we understand that this is an exceptional time,” said the president of the CUT.
Despite the failure of the agreement, the leader appreciated the progress in “In matters as sensitive as job protection and subsidies for new hires, matters that are very relevant today”, he claimed.
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