A new negotiation began for the minimum wage and the Central Unitary of Workers of Chile (CUT) proposed to reach $ 500 thousand liquids, a universal basic income Y freeze the prices of essential goods.
“That trilogy is key to be able to face the debate on the minimum wage and the guarantee that families have income and wages that give them the peace of mind of not having to expose themselves to risks or possible infections, ”said the president of the CUT, Bárbara Figueroa.
The CUT proposal aims to ensure that the people exceed the poverty line considering for the calculations a household of four members.
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About, Patrick Mansilla, a researcher at the Latin American Center for Economic and Social Policies (Clapes) of the Pontifical Catholic University, specified that “the minimum wage must continue to rise, it must continue to increase, but it should be gradually, because otherwise it will hinder the recovery of employment and the hiring of new employees ”.
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The negotiations will begin on Monday, April 12 and must end before May 1, the date on which the new minimum wage would have to come into effect.
Currently, after the readjustment of $ 6,000 in 2020, the minimum wage is $ 326,500 gross.
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