Ecuadorian Retirees demand Payment of their Pensions
Dozens of retirees from the National Electricity Corporation (CNEL) today demanded that President Lenin Moreno’s government pay their pensions through the Ecuadorian Social Security Institute (IESS).
New demonstrators joined the pensioner’s hunger strike in Rocafuerte Square, in the center of Guayaquil, about 267 kilometers from the capital, who are claiming that they have received incomplete pension payments for the past decade.
In the opinion of several strikers, the IESS calculated the retirement pension based on the unified basic salary and not on the labor code. Deputy Minister of Energy Ivan Rodriguez received a group of retirees in order to seek joint agreements to expeditiously resolve the situation and decide the terms of the consultation to be submitted to the Ministry of Labor and Employment.
The National Union of Educators voiced on its twitter account solidarity with the CNEL pensioners and called on everyone to participate this coming September 5 in the march of the United Workers Front (FUT) in defense of the rights of the working class.
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