Cuba Sugar Workers

[Maaja]

HAVANA (AP) -- President Fidel Castro said Monday at least 90,000
former sugar workers will return to school to be trained for new jobs
amid a vast restructuring of the island nation's sugar industry.

Speaking during an assembly marking the start of the school year,
Castro said the workers would receive ``a decent salary'' during
their schooling.

Castro provided no specifics, but Sugar Ministry officials have said
the former workers would receive between 300 and 1,000 Cuban pesos a
month during their training.

At the current exchange rate, that figures out to between $11 and $38
dollars a month, but is still higher than the average government
salary of less than 300 pesos.

Sugar Minister Ulises Rosales announced earlier this year that about
100,000 of the nation's 420,000 sugar workers will leave the cane
fields and be trained for new jobs.

Announced four months ago, the plan to reorganize the sugar industry
calls for closing 70 of the Caribbean nation's 154 sugar processing
plants while maintaining an annual production of more than 4 million
tons of sugar cane.

[Borincano]

I guess Fidelito :cool: is realizing that he needs to diversify the job market. We can't have Cubans working the Sugar fields forever...lol.

[bluerev002]

well thats good for cubas economic growth. keep it up and maybe cuba will get richer and then everyone will get paid more

[IHP]

hey guys maybe you could answer this for me. (this is not sarcasm)

What is wrong with Cubas sugar export currently? are there sanctions or embargos or anything like that? if there are who is responsible.

Thanx