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La provincia de Las Tunas cuenta con más de 4,000 vacant job positions distribuidas en sectores como Salud, Educación, Agricultura, servicios personales y electricidad, según un diagnóstico presentado por las autoridades provinciales reportado por el oficialista Periódico 26.
Yicel Sosa Valdivia, director of Labor and Social Security of the province, presented the report and assured that "in Las Tunas there is employment for everyone," with positions available in the municipal offices throughout the province, although municipalities such as Manatí, Majibacoa, and Colombia have fewer job offers.
The central paradox of the diagnosis is that, despite this availability, dozens of young people of working age wander every night through parks and street corners in various municipalities without studying or working.
More than 200 citizens have explicitly rejected the offers that have been presented to them, according to official records.
"Municipal offices have open positions. All they need to do is go, get informed, and make a decision. Social workers are already visiting these individuals in their communities, but the final choice is personal," stated Sosa Valdivia.
The official noted that out of the total graduates of Technical and Professional Education last December, the vast majority have already found employment.
"Those who are still pending are for justified reasons such as relocations, caring for young children, or pregnancy. The rest simply do not accept the offers, despite available positions that match their qualifications," he emphasized.
Another critical issue is the so-called job interruption, which affects hundreds of workers in Tunas, mostly due to a lack of raw materials or supplies in their organizations.
"A large majority receives a salary guarantee, while a smaller group, which is of greater concern to the authorities, remains without that benefit. For those cases, we have relocation alternatives," the director explained.
The labor management system has a website to update situations in real time, but frequent power outages have necessitated maintaining a paper backup as well, Sosa Valdivia acknowledged.
Informal employment represents another serious aspect of the problem. Thousands of workers in this condition have been identified in the province, primarily concentrated in agriculture, in the production of charcoal in rural areas, and in cargo transportation, with a higher prevalence in the main municipality.
«En su mayoría son personas que no conocen los beneficios de formalizarse. No solo por la Seguridad Social, también los amparan los certificados médicos, la protección familiar y, en el caso más fatal, del fallecimiento del jefe del hogar, la pensión», advirtió la funcionaria.
Thanks to the joint efforts with social workers, the authorities have managed to formalize nearly 5,000 people, an improvement of over 60%, although there is still a group that resists.
This scenario is set against the backdrop of a structural labor crisis that affects all of Cuba, where the average state salary in 2025 was only 6,930 pesos Cuban —equivalent to between five and 15 dollars— far below the estimated cost of living of over 50,000 pesos per month.
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