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Paraguayan union calls 5% minimum wage hike a 'scam'
🇵🇾 Paraguay /Economy & Trade

Paraguayan union calls 5% minimum wage hike a 'scam'

From ABC Color · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Paraguay's Classist Combatant Current (CCC) union labeled the 5% minimum wage increase announced by President Santiago Peña as a "scam" and a "mockery" of workers.
  • The union argues the new wage is insufficient for families to live on and does not reflect the actual cost of living in Paraguay, which they estimate at over G. 7 million monthly.
  • The CCC criticized the government and business leaders for not engaging in open debate about living costs and called for protests against the decree, expected to be formalized soon.

The Classist Combatant Current (CCC) union has vehemently rejected the 5% minimum wage adjustment announced by Paraguayan President Santiago Peña, denouncing it as a "scam" and a "mockery" of the working class. The union contends that the revised wage condemns families to poverty and bears no relation to the real cost of living in Paraguay.

According to the CCC, the new minimum wage is inadequate, stating it wouldn't even cover the cost of three kilograms of meat. They presented their own studies indicating that the actual monthly cost of living for a Paraguayan household is G. 7,614,000, a stark contrast to the proposed legal minimum. The union accused the executive branch, the Ministry of Labor, employers, and certain union leaderships of refusing to engage in a transparent discussion about the rising cost of basic family necessities.

it doesn't even cover buying three kilos of meat.

— Classist Combatant Current (CCC)describing the inadequacy of the new minimum wage.

The organization further criticized the measure as "authoritarian and anti-democratic." They believe the continued use of the current formula for calculating the basic wage deliberately perpetuates poverty and limits opportunities for private sector workers. The CCC has vowed to continue its struggle against what it calls a "scam to the working class." They are mobilizing for immediate street protests to reject the upcoming presidential decree and demand a dignified wage increase.

We remain in struggle against this scam to the working class and to the workers.

— Classist Combatant Current (CCC)vowing continued action against the wage adjustment.
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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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