Cubans who work more will now earn more

In what some experts call Raúl Castro’s boldest break yet from socialism, Cuban 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. Now people who do more will get more — and those who offer quality service will be rewarded, the vice minister of labor, Carlos Mateu, told Granma, the country’s Communist Party newspaper”*

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