Minister of Labor approves bonus for unions of the entity

According to the minister, “this demonstrates once again the political will of the Government of Change and in particular of Minister Gloria Inés Ramírez Ríos who once again invites the union organizations to the permanent dialogue table convened for today, June 4, 2024 “, said.

Furthermore, the ministry reaffirmed that union actions have full guarantees, and “we encourage an approach that allows the continuation of the proposed social dialogue route as an example of resolution of labor conflicts in the country“he added.

The Ministry’s unions went on strike because they claim that several agreements determined in the 2023 collective agreement were not fulfilled. Among others, they had been promised that a 50 percent salary bonus would be given to all workers, which was ultimately not paid.
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According to the Minister, it is important to continue with all the efforts that are necessary to advance with the permanent social dialogue table.

“This table is open and all the union organizations that have signed the agreement are invited and we will continue to do all the administrative steps that are necessary to ensure that this is fulfilled and we still have almost a year to advance the agreements signed for the 2023 validity period. 2025, which we are expediting,” said Ramírez.