Basic salary increase is expected for today

Today at 10:00 the Minister of Labour, Carlos Marx Carrasco, would announce the Unified Salary increase (SBU for its Spanish acronym) of 2015, after for two occasions, representatives of workers and employers before the National Wages Council (Conades for its Spanish acronym) could no reach an agreement.

The Government will be responsible for defining the basic salary rise, since in the first meeting of Conades, on December 19, Jaime Arciniegas, representative of the workers, proposed an increase of 16% ($ 54.4), while Luis Poveda, Delegate of the employers, proposed an increase of 3.9% ($ 13.26).

At the second meeting, on 23 December, workers reduced their proposal to 9% ($ 30.6), similarly, no agreement was reached.