On Labor Day in the Dominican Republic on Monday, 1 May 2017, President Danilo Medina offered congratulations to Dominican workers. Speaking on the occasion, he mentioned that during his first administration, from 2012-2016, some 480,930 jobs were created and unemployment was reduced from 7% to 5.2%. He said that 1,072,400 Dominicans were lifted out of poverty and another 480,692 were lifted out of extreme poverty.
Medina added that the labor conditions had also improved with a large part of the population enjoying decent wages and better social welfare.
He highlighted the case of teachers in which more than 92,000 teachers received salary increases of between 66% and 74%. He said physicians had also received wage increases of 25%.
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Al Momento
2 May 2017
