The savings fund will not only benefit the unionized workers of the City Hall, but also all City Hall workers
Facade of the Chapala City Hall.
Jazmín Stengel (Chapala).- The savings fund for Chapala City Hall workers was increased from 65 to 100 pesos starting this year, as approved by the council members during the fifth town council session held on January 29.
With this change, all City Hall workers will be required to contribute 100 pesos every two weeks to the savings fund, and the government will grant the same amount per person appearing on the payroll. This is in addition to the benefits for workers such as Christmas bonuses, retirements and staff credit loans.
Although this was a service restricted to unionized workers, Councilwoman Verónica Torres advocated for the rights of all workers, arguing that «the savings bank does not belong to the union, but to the municipality,» and succeeded in opening it to all city employees.
However, the increase went into effect days before the official ruling. Councilwoman Torres responded by asking where and when the quota increase, which the City Hall Workers Union had already registered, had been confirmed, given that such decisions must first be approved by the City Council.
«I still take the same position, that the savings bank should belong to the union only when it is union money,» said the councilwoman. With the new guidelines recorded in the minutes of the session, the increase was approved unanimously by the 13 council members present.
Translated by Sandy Britton
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