What other countries if you take a single "official action" half a million state employees and Cuba? Luckily for the regime that the island is subject forbidden to strike and the "unions workers "are always" inevitable and enthusiastically pro-government "and actively participated in the process of mass dismissals of their colleagues. Unthinkable, of course, in companies where workers have the absolute freedom to oppose measures of this type, exercising the same freedom to defend their interests and jobs. Finally, it added that since the Cuban government also decided to phase out the ration cards that since the 62 'gave the people (note that is not correct "subsidy from the state" and that from now people will gradually achieve a "market price" of products that are eliminated primer. View:
http://diariolibre.com/noticias_det.php?id=274126&l=1 ), it seems clear that the final turn the island into a state and a capitalist economy, with strong emphasis on private and decrease of the public, is moving ahead with drastic measures. Of course, macroeconomics keeping tight market but the lack of political and individual freedoms. Seems to be a turn at some point related to the "success recipe" model developed by the Chinese capitalist communism, free market and strong political control. Are we witnessing the beginning of the birth of the Chinese shift "of Cuban regime? For now, it is imminent that the economic adjustment process on the island will not employ half a million Cubans, drastically shrinking the state and "recommending" the private initiative of the workers who enjoy no more than commodities that previously State supplied at reasonable prices.
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Cuba: work adjustment begins Closed for renovation On Tuesday commence on labor adjustment in Cuba, would cut about 500,000 state jobs. The Confederation of Workers of the island reported that the reform will start in the Ministry of Sugar Industry, Agriculture, Construction, Health and Tourism.
The labor adjustment eliminated about 500,000 government jobs in Cuba this year will take effect from tomorrow in the ministries of the Sugar Industry, Agriculture, Construction, Health and Tourism, reported by the Central of Workers (CTC, single union).
The weekly "Employees", official organ of the CTC, quoted Monday a statement by the union's general secretary, Salvador Valdes, in the eastern province of Holguin, in which he said that the union is responsible to be "guarantor" of the reorganization process which will begin tomorrow working in these agencies.
Valdés explained that although it is "an administrative process", the union must "watch" because the provisions are met every step of the process of downsizing state.
The Cuban government estimates that in 2011 will be definitively state 146,000 jobs and about 351,000 public servants will go to other forms of self-employment, as part of the economic adjustments announced in the country.
Of these 351,000 people, at least 100,000 should be included within the scope of self-employment, according to official estimates.
economic adjustment plan, which foresees the reduction of the "template inflated" and the addition of 1.8 million workers to non-state economic sector within five years, will be ratified by the ruling Communist Party at its Sixth Congress, scheduled for the second half of next April.
Valdés stressed that the union, representing workers must "avoid violations, paternalism, favoritism and other negative trends."
also urged to "convince them of the need for implementation of these measures for the country's economy, with the assurance that, ultimately, no one will be forsaken."
The extension of self-employment in Cuba with the possibility of creating small enterprises and businesses, is one of the main measures taken by the government of General Raúl Castro to "upgrade" the socialist model of the island and meet the severe economic crisis that dragged the country.
existed in Cuba in 2009 a total of 143,800 employed persons.
By 2011 the government expects that 250,000 people join this activity and this increase repercussions on increased tax revenues of 1,000 million dollars next year, according to official estimates.