This Wednesday, the Official Gazette of the Republic of Cuba published resolutions for salary increases in Cuba, but with few beneficiaries, even within the education and health sectors. How much is the increase, and who are the few beneficiaries?
This April 23rd published Resolutions 3 and 4 of the Ministry of Labor and Social Security (MTSS), which establish significant salary increases for certain workers in sectors of the country, specifically in education and health.
Resolution 3/2025 (GOC-2025-171-O39) extends the additional payment for years of service lent to workers, teachers and researchers from branch schools and training centers. For example, Party schools, CTC, etc.
Starting at 30 years of employment, a 400-peso increase would be added every two years for teaching staff and researchers, and 200 pesos for others.
For its part, resolution 4/2025 (GOC-2025-172-O39) provides an increase for specialist physicians in the following specialties: Anesthesiology and Resuscitation, Neonatology, Pediatric Intensive Medicine and Adult Intensive Medicine
From now on, these professionals will receive 100 pesos per hour for working at night (7 pm to 7 am, including extended weekend hours).
Furthermore, a payment was approved for high performance of 20 pesos per hour, considering the specific demands of these medical specialties.
Salary increase in Cuba in April 2025: few beneficiaries and many critics
Likewise, the MTSS authorized a additional coefficient of 45% on the salary scale for attendees of nursing services in nursing homes, psycho-pedagogical centers and psychiatric hospitals.
As soon as the salary increase for some workers in Cuba was announced, amid the tense economic situation and inflation, social media and Google searches exploded regarding the measure, with many pointing out that very few have benefited.
On our website, messages like this one multiplied: "What about us retirees who are dying, and what we're getting isn't even enough for breakfast because prices are rising every day, and we don't know what to do anymore?"
"When will we have orderlies, service personnel, admissions staff, administrative staff, and health statistics, which are so important (...) in addition to following the doctors so they do their jobs properly and can provide information in a timely manner?" asked another health sector worker.
"Will the nursing staff working in these services not have their night shifts extended? Will they also lose the hospital staff?" another user asked.
"I am retired from the INDER sector. I worked for 44 years and several months uninterruptedly in the aforementioned sector and the pension I receive of 4.775 cup "Paying for food, medicine, electricity, water, personal hygiene, coal, matches, and seasonings. By the middle of the month, I don't know how to make it through," said one retiree.
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My name is Reinaldo Perez Lastre, a veterinarian with a Master's degree in Science. Retired in 2012 under the new law with 1733.00. I hold a diploma from the Fiftieth Anniversary of Agriculture. I am currently enrolled in the CIMAGT (Central Agricultural Commission). In December, Diaz-Canel said at a meeting of the Council of Ministers that our pensions would be increased. When will we receive a pension?
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And also the nurses who spend a bad night taking their medications, who can't sleep a wink, the orderlies, the cleaners, not only the doctors have the right to a raise, and the rest of the health workers.
I worked in education for years as a teacher and they give me 1500 as a pension, it's not enough and the prices are sky high and now to top it all off we have to pay for coal. They don't care about the elderly.
Because some education workers, which are the ones who do not benefit
and where do they leave us, the retirees who earn 1528.00?
I'm pretty keen. I worked for 52 years with very good salaries, and 14 of those years after retirement, and they pay me 2900.00. It's laughable, not to mention...
They're waiting for pensioners under the old law to starve to death.
And for retirees, what do we have left with a checkbook of 1500 pesos?