Yorisel Andino, director of the Sala de Conciertos Dolores in Santiago de Cuba, reported this Thursday on Facebook that the workers at this institution have gone more than two months without receiving their salaries for May and June 2026.
“More than two months have passed since the workers of the Sala de Conciertos Dolores have not received the payment corresponding to the month of May (to be collected in June) and the payment for June (to be made in July),” wrote Andino on his personal profile.
The director described the situation as "more than regrettable and distressing" for those who rely on that income, however modest it may be, for their own livelihood and that of their family.
According to his explanation, the problem has structural roots: following the division of the Music Company and the reemergence of the Music Center, the Dolores Hall ended up among the subsidized institutions of the latter, with economic subordination to the UPAC.
The corresponding salary treatment has fallen into limbo, the executive pointed out, highlighting a clear case of bureaucratism and government apathy.
Week after week, the workers received promises that were never fulfilled: "you will be paid in cash this month," "both months will be credited to your card."
According to her complaint, the most recent response received on Wednesday was that "the Bank returned the payments from the Chamber and they need to be processed again."
Andino harshly questioned that chain of excuses: "In this ongoing cycle, how do we address the daily urgencies of the affected workers?"
The director emphasized that her position does not exempt her from the same precariousness that her colleagues face: "Yes, I am a manager, but above all, I am a worker, an ordinary woman who expects her modest salary; I am also a colleague and empathetic towards those who have been with me for years at Dolores, earning minimum wages, and we all deserve respect."
He also noted that workers from the Center for Music itself and other musical units were recently in a similar situation, and that the new director of the Center—whom he did not identify—has been attentive to the problem despite health issues, without receiving a satisfactory response from the relevant authorities.
Andino closed his publication with an unanswered institutional question: «Until when?».
The complaint is part of a widespread pattern of unpaid wages in Cuba. Less than 10 days ago, teachers in Camagüey reported going two months without pay, with the official explanation being "there's no money."
At the beginning of the month, authorities in Guantánamo warned that the shortage of cash in the banks was jeopardizing the payment of salaries and pensions.
Additionally, in June, a state-owned sugar company shut down after accumulating four months of unpaid wages.
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