50 million people “laid off”

Cuban government has announced that it will cut at least until April next year, 500,000 government workers, as many as 100 million people could eventually lose their jobs. This is Cuba’s revolutionary government since its establishment in 1959 the largest reform since the implementation.

Cuba’s central workers union said in a statement, layoffs will begin immediately and continued until the first half of next year. “Our country can not and should continue for commercial, productive entity, the service industry and have an independent budget, the burden of huge wage sector expenditure, which is not conducive to national economic development. New non-state-owned industries, such as land leasing, private economy will generate more employment opportunities for the future. ”

Statement, end the government only to retain the “essential employees” such as in agriculture, construction, industry, education and law enforcement personnel.

At present almost all the small Cuban businesses, including barber shops, and restaurants are state-owned, so there are 510 million people around the country working for the government, accounting for about 90% of the labor force. The layoffs, which means 1 / 10 of the government staff will be cut.

Moreover, the Cuba of the “off”, it appears unrelenting. In the past, civil servants were sacked during unemployment, still will be up to 60% of their salary, up to the State to offer them new work. But Cuban trade unions that the affected employees will not receive any wage subsidies.

Heavy “burden”

Analysis, said the main reason for this reform is one of Cuba’s economic stagnation. In recent years, the international financial crisis and the strong impact of hurricanes, the Cuban economy faced difficulties. In 2009, Cuba’s economic growth rate of only 1.4%, less than 6% expected. Explore a more promising path of development more urgent.

At the same time, Cubans enjoy free education and medical care, and substantial residential, transportation and basic food subsidies, welfare, but also means that the government’s “burden” of more and more important.

U.S. economy to the economic development of Cuba’s difficult. Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez on September 15 that the United States against Cuba for nearly 50 years of economic blockade, has been caused to the loss of 751 billion U.S. dollars.

Reform of promotion also led to a move. Raul since July 2006 since he took office, Cuba began a series of changes, such as the prohibition on the public to purchase and use of cell phones, some of the privatization of state-owned barber shops and beauty salons, private taxi legalized farmers to sell agricultural products, foreign investors in Cuba to extend the service life of the land to 99 years, have demonstrated a new atmosphere of reform in Cuba.

And the big move already foreshadowing. Held in August this year, the National People’s Power Assembly, Raul Castro said the country’s current priority is to streamline the state-run units “too heavy” burden.

“Never look back” of the future

So much movement, it was worried about Cuba’s private economy developed short, short period of time can not digest so many “off” government employees. According to official statistics, Cuba, the unemployment rate was 1.7% last year, nearly 8 years, the unemployment rate never exceeded 3%. The about 1 / 10 government employees have lost their “iron rice bowl”, will bring the whole community is not a small effect.

But the Cuban Government to consider this level, they said, the future economic categories will be 120 kinds of business licenses issued by 250 000 people will be able to engage in cobbler, household appliances maintenance workers, hairdressers, translation career. At the same time, officials encourage them to re-employment through the private economy.

Although public concern, such reform will make them lose some protection, but also the public agrees, because it can solve the domestic issue of material deprivation.

27-year-old Molina recently approved by the authorities in her home in Havana city’s parking operations room tailoring business. Before she was working to help the government, receive 20 dollars per month meager salary, she hoped that by their own hands next to make more money. “Every month I have to pay license fees of 300 pesos to the government, I help people mend them, earn 250 pesos a week. Before I was secretly engaged in tailoring business, and now I can openly make clothes to help people make money, no longer fear will be fine. “

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