{"id":202152,"date":"2019-07-10T13:11:48","date_gmt":"2019-07-10T17:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=202152"},"modified":"2019-07-10T13:11:48","modified_gmt":"2019-07-10T17:11:48","slug":"more-than-600000-workers-in-cuban-private-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/more-than-600000-workers-in-cuban-private-sector\/","title":{"rendered":"More than 600,000 workers in Cuban private sector"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the inclusion of 10,000 new “self-employed workers” last May, Cuba already registers 605,908 workers who operate outside the State sector, according to statistics revealed this Tuesday by the island\u2019s Ministry of Labor and Social Security (MTSS).<\/span><\/p>\n

Out of the Cuban self-employed 35% are women and 32% are young, specified the minister of MTSS, Margarita Gonz\u00e1lez, during the sessions of the permanent commissions that the <\/span>National Assembly<\/span><\/a> is holding with a view to next Saturday\u2019s plenary meeting.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the first five months of 2019, 185,903 new licenses were approved, nearly half in Havana, Villa Clara (center) and Holguin (east), she said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Among the most requested modalities are the preparation and sale of food, passenger and freight transportation and home rentals, Gonz\u00e1lez said, according to <\/span>a report<\/span><\/a> by the Cuban News Agency about the sessions, which the accredited foreigner press on the island does not have access to.<\/span><\/p>\n

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