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In what some experts call Raul Castro’s boldest break yet from socialism, state companies have until August to overhaul their salary structures to one that pays hard workers more than slackers, the government newspaper reported Wednesday.
No more will all Cuban workers doing the same job receive the same pay, the vice minister of labor, Carlos Mateu, told Granma, the Communist Party paper.
Cuba has long struggled to kick start a lagging economy plagued with unmotivated and underpaid workers. The measure, announced in April, is designed to offer incentives to help boost production.
