Cargando...Payment for high performance remains an exception in the business sector of Matanzas, according to the latest report from the monthly meeting of the Secretariat of the Provincial Committee of the Cuban Workers’ Central (CTC) in Matanzas.
By the end of the first half of 2025, only 46 workers had received this benefit, all belonging to the Juan Gualberto Gómez International Airport, the General Contracting Company of Varadero (commercially known as ARCOS), and the Antonio Guiteras Thermoelectric Plant.
The absence of this incentive is striking in companies that distributed considerable profits, such as the Hydrocarbons and Derivatives Transport Company for Central-Eastern Matanzas, EMCOR, the Central Oil Drilling and Extraction Company (EPEPC), the Cuba Ron trading company, and the Oil and Gas Well Drilling and Capital Repair Company (EMPERCAP), according to the report.
The possibility of remuneration—one of the uses of profits—remains largely underutilized, despite the daily feats of workers during such difficult times for the Cuban economy, noted Osmar Ramírez, provincial secretary general of the CTC, during the Secretariat’s discussion.
“This opportunity to reward those who deserve it is not being taken advantage of,” Ramírez emphasized. “The grassroots union bears significant responsibility for this low rate of implementation,” he added, referring to this option designed to boost productivity and worker motivation.
Since it is neither permanent nor widespread, Ramírez reminded that high-performance pay is meant to complement the moral recognition an employee should receive. The amount, he clarified, must align with the company’s economic and financial capacity, provided profits are accumulated.
It is within the collective where the productive or service act is carried out, and it is there that the union must assert its authority to ensure fairness and promote the evaluation of those who could receive such dividends, Ramírez insisted.
