Workers’ centrals will seek that the minimum wage in 2021 is $ 1’120,000

This Friday, November 13, the bidding officially began for the increase that the minimum wage in Colombia will have next year with the proposal of the labor unions. As every year, the parties that make up the negotiating table arrive with a proposal of how much the increase should be.

This year will be an interesting discussion as the covid-19 pandemic changed the entire landscape in the country’s economy. While workers argue that they need more resources to survive amid the crisis and reactivate the economy, entrepreneurs seek a more subtle increase, hiding in the losses that their businesses have suffered this year.

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Diógenes Orjuela, president of the Central Unitaria de los Trabajadores (CUT), on behalf of the workers’ unions and pensioners, delivered today the proposal with which they will arrive at the consultation table.

According to Orjuela, the position of the centrals is that “Only by increasing the income of Colombian workers will the national economy be reactivated”For that reason, the proposal is to have an increase of 13.5%.

This means that they will look for the The minimum monthly salary for 2021 is one million pesos, plus a transportation aid of $ 120,000, for a total of $ 1,120,000.

Julio Roberto Gómez, president of the General Confederation of Workers (CGT), explained that on this occasion the proposal will go to the table with the need for the Government to promote a basic income, a minimum wage for Colombians without employment or income.

Additionally, a payroll subsidy for one million micro, small and medium-sized enterprises that are at risk.

According to what was pointed out by the spokesmen of the labor unions, it is not a question of ending up affecting the generation of employment by employers with the minimum wage.

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In this and in the case of basic income and the payroll subsidy, the State must make a financial effort to help meet these goals that generate a wave of profit, since, when the economy reactivates, companies also benefit, because they can produce more, and workers retain their jobs or those who are unemployed find employment opportunities.

It is expected that in the coming weeks the The Ministry of Labor calls the negotiating table and the three parties: workers, businessmen and the government reach an agreement. In the event that no agreement is reached, the law mandates that the president be the one who by decree sets the minimum wage for next year.