Cuban workers

In Cienfuegos, they sing a bombochíe to the Electric Company and the networks explode: "What are they celebrating?"

Why is the U.S. investigating the ties of a powerful union with Havana?

Workers in Guáimaro have gone nearly six months without receiving their salaries, while 90 million pesos allocated for their wages are unaccounted for

"Thank you from the heart": the young Cuban woman selling peanuts in Matanzas responded to the wave of support she received on social media

Economist Pedro Monreal: "Cuban workers have been victims of legal plunder."

Young Cuban makes a living selling peanuts in Matanzas

Inspectors fine an entrepreneur and his retired worker 48,000 pesos while hunger intensifies in Cuba

Santiago de Cuba bids farewell to a veteran lineman who continued teaching after retirement

Ricardo learned crochet during the pandemic and today inspires others in Camagüey to overcome prejudices

Cuba sets the basic salary for a newly graduated doctor at 7,045 CUP, equivalent to about 14 dollars a month

A bicycle for Dainer: Influencer Yeison López reveals that he had purchased it before the viral challenge

The hard story of Dainer: He works trimming palm trees and dreams of a bicycle to study

The Cuban state economy is collapsing: Sales have dropped by 29% and profits by 31%, according to the ONEI

Cubans respond to Carmita Ruiz after she dismissed staying in the U.S. due to her age: "Here, anyone who wants to get ahead can achieve it."

Ministry of Labor and Social Security confirms a recess of work activities on July 25, 26, and 27

“If you see Emmanuel, buy him at least a candy”: activist seeks help for a young street vendor in Sancti Spíritus

Morales Ojeda acknowledges reports of corruption in the electric sector: "Four or five tarnish the efforts of the majority."

Young man expelled from his workplace: "Not for accounting or ethical reasons. Only for being a confessed anti-communist."

Hours-long line to enter El Náutico: The reality of Cubans that Díaz-Canel did not see during his visit

Are all state workers now "vulnerable"? What the new salary scale of the regime reveals

Official media criticizes the lack of worker rights in the U.S.: And do they have rights in Cuba?

The Cuban regime acknowledges that the new minimum wage does not cover the basic basket of goods

The regime formalizes the salary increase in Cuba: Here is the new scale

Official journalist criticizes the internal blockade "that has done us so much harm."

Eleven-year-old Cuban boy works collecting cans to help his mother: "Please, help me."

A 25-year-old Cuban dies in Guyana after being struck by a high-pressure hose

Morón family seeks help to find missing guard who confronted thieves days earlier

Fewer workplace accidents in Cuba in 2025, although the number of fatalities is concerning

Gas plant workers in Camagüey were stealing cylinders with the help of external accomplices

Cuban photojournalist questions the CTC: "Who defends the worker if the union answers to the Party?"

More faith than results: Díaz-Canel concludes the CTC Congress with a call for the “will and deep conviction that we can do it.”

"It is not about privatizing for the sake of privatization": Díaz-Canel denies a capitalist shift in Cuba while creating more space for the market and foreign investment

Cuban Leader: "If we do not generate wealth, we cannot build the just society we want."

Díaz-Canel proposes mobilizing unemployed workers into community brigades to tackle the crisis

Oscar Pérez Oliva-Fraga advocates for the end of universal subsidies because the Cuban economy “cannot withstand it.”

"The power belongs to the people, not to the wealthy or the bourgeois," says Díaz-Canel while defending the economic reforms

Díaz-Canel calls to “create wealth”: the regime in Cuba embraces the market discourse amid the economic collapse

Díaz-Canel is trying to bolster a CTC that is increasingly under scrutiny from workers

Julio César Guanche focuses on "the tragedy of the crisis, its exploitative interests, and the lack of capacity of the Cuban people to intervene."

What this Cuban did for a humble street worker is touching the internet: "How sad."

A king at ETECSA Cienfuegos: Noel Ernesto Dorado García

Green jobs in Cuba? The Ministry of Labor and Social Security gets creative

"My words were my actions, and they hired me": Cuban recalls his first job in Spain

"Now we have straightened out the national economy," quips the Cuban writer and linguist

Economist Pedro Monreal on the anti-worker nature of the package: What about the right to strike and to free unions?

"It's necessary to channel the salary": Official newspaper acknowledges growing discontent among Cuban workers

The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) delivers blocked pensions to 44 Cubans after nearly 65 years

Cuban woman reports the bankruptcy of a state-owned company: Her 64-year-old father lost his job overnight

There is nothing to salvage: Cuba does not need to reform its state-owned enterprise. It needs to dismantle it.

The regime promises protection for Cuban workers before the ILO as the crisis worsens

New Labor Code preps Cuba for an economy with a larger private sector and reduced state employment

New Labor Code in Cuba opens the door to telecommuting from abroad

Will there be a XXII congress of the Central de Trabajadores de Cuba?: CTC President responds

Cuban government amends Labor Code in response to rising work interruptions

A Cuban shows off the rhythm of his waist while working on a ladder and is told, "I need a painter at home."

"I work to help my mom": 14-year-old Cuban boy earns money driving a tricycle taxi

Cuban regime turns workplaces into acts of support for Raúl Castro

"And after?" Cubans question cleanup effort at a pediatric hospital

The average salary in Cuba loses more than 20% of its value in one year despite official increases

Minister says that salaries for workers affected by the fuel crisis in Cuba are guaranteed