Cuban retirees demand an increase in pensions after salary increases in some sectors
Resolution 7 of 2024 of the Ministry of Labor and Social Security of Cuba, published in the Official Gazette No. 45 Ordinary of 2024, on May 28, approved new salary measures for workers in the Education, Health and Higher Education sectors, to the teaching staff of the Physical Education Teacher Training Schools and the Revolutionary Armed Forces and the Interior.
The standard, which has received many comments, recognized years of service in the Education and Higher Education sectors. In addition, it establishes an additional payment scheme for years of service for workers in vital occupational categories in patient care in health institutions.
Also, it considers the time worked abroad for the spouse or accompanying family member of the workers designated to fulfill permanent missions abroad.
Its publication has generated much debate among Cubans, especially among retirees and pensioners, perhaps the great “forgotten” in an increasingly accentuated economic crisis in Cuba.
Cuban Directory has received nearly 200 opinions on this salary increase in some sectors.
Cuban retirees ask that their pension be increased
“I will never understand the low salaries of retirees. I don’t think it’s because the State doesn’t have the money to increase their salaries. In Cuba there are enormous salaries, whether they are fixed salaries or based on results every three months. While there are those who earn more than 100 thousand CUP every three months, my sick mother, who worked for more than 25 years in the education sector, remains sitting in a wheelchair, and how much does my old lady receive?: 1528 CUP? lamented a reader of our page.
“1,500 pesos for 30 years of your life, of your sacrifice and care for others, what can 1,500 pesos buy today?” Maikel asked. “I have a sister who has been a nurse for 37 uninterrupted years and she is 58 years old. She fulfilled an internationalist mission in Bolivia, in Operation Milagros. She is currently suffering from Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome, a condition that has made her unable to work. He charges 2,033.00 pesos,” Aida said.
Some commented on what they earn and what the prices are like where they live. “I am retired with a salary of 1,676.28. It’s not enough for me when a bottle of oil costs me 1,150 pesos, plus each pound of rice is 200 pesos, a pound of black beans is 380 pesos, and chicken is 400.”
Pensions of misery in Cuba
The economist Pedro Monreal, in a analysis on salaries and retirements in Cuba, he described the pensions on the islands as “misery” pensions, alleging that they do not allow basic needs to be met in a stable manner.
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