{"id":201181,"date":"2019-06-22T09:50:15","date_gmt":"2019-06-22T13:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=201181"},"modified":"2019-06-22T09:50:15","modified_gmt":"2019-06-22T13:50:15","slug":"close-to-600000-private-workers-in-cuba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/close-to-600000-private-workers-in-cuba\/","title":{"rendered":"Close to 600,000 private workers in Cuba"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cuba registered 595,559 <\/span>private or self-employed workers<\/span><\/a>, as they are known on the island, mostly grouped in six of the island\u2019s 15 provinces, the Ministry of Labor and Social Security (MTSS) reported on Thursday.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the data released, which correspond to the end of last April, of that number of self-employed workers, 32% are young, 35% are women, 10% are retired and 14% are also employed in the state sector.<\/span><\/p>\n

The provinces of Havana, Matanzas, Villa Clara, Camag\u00fcey, Holgu\u00edn and Santiago de Cuba account for 65% of the total number of self-employed workers, according to the report published by the island\u2019s state media.<\/span><\/p>\n

Some 148,796 people joined the private sector during the first four months of 2019 in activities related to transportation, beauty services, producers or sellers of diverse items and as hired employees, the modality with the highest demand and for which more than 153,000 people have opted.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cuba ampl\u00eda el trabajo privado y adopta modificaciones para su ejercicio<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n