Boric enacts minimum-wage increase bill for Chileans
Monday, May 23rd 2022 - 22:39 UTC
Chile's President Gabriel Boric Font Monday signed into law a minimum wage hike so that “no one is left behind.”
While announcing the measure, Boric said his government was “deeply committed to promoting decent work” and stressed the need for “no one to be left behind,” after enacting the largest minimum wage increase in 23 years.
“It is always said that we may disagree in some ways and have complex debates, but when we agree we get the best out of ourselves,” Boric also pointed out about last week's unanimous approval of the wage bill in both Houses of Congress.
”What we are promoting is not against anyone, they are agreements that are for the benefit of all the citizens of our country (...) We are building on the basis of what those who came before us did. We would not be able to talk about increasing the minimum wage to CLP 400,000 (US$ 480) if it were not for the efforts made before,“ he added.
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