Through a letter, sent to the plenary session of the House of Representatives, the workers represented in the labor confederations of the CUT, the CGT and the CTC, asked the Congressmen to In the study of the pension reform, it is taken into account that the contribution threshold is 4 minimum wages.
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According to the labor confederations, in order for the system to reduce the fiscal deficit, the most recommended threshold is 4 minimum wages.
“On the one hand, it recovers the intergenerational solidarity that was assaulted by private funds, on the other, it strengthens the Colpensiones average premium regime by increasing coverage”.
According to the unions, the system would have greater resources to address the semi-contributory pillar and finally would not punish the middle class as much, which is a sector, the one who is in Colpensiones, who has fought for said regime and could thus maintain better purchasing power into old age.
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Unitary Central of Workers (CUT).
“90% of current contributors would be at 4 minimum wages. “It serves the workers and the state, thus contributing to redistribute in vulnerable population sectors.”says the letter.
For the centrals, “This threshold constitutes the soul of the reform to advance pension law, obviously removing privileges from private funds”.
“The higher the threshold, the more rights and the lower it, the more privileges for the financial system, represented in private funds. Therefore, we call on the representatives of the chamber to take into consideration the proposal that the contribution threshold be 4 minimum wages.”adds the letter.
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The unions have already shown their disagreement with the initiative reducing the threshold to 2.3 minimum wages.
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