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FROM
CUBA
Cuban
tobacco company won't pay bonuses to workers
HAVANA, Nov. 26 (www.cubanet.org) - Workers
at the Feliú Leyva tobacco factory
in Holguín, makers of Monte Cristo,
Romeo y Julieta and Cohiba cigars, say the
company is four months behind in paying
agreed upon work bonuses.
More than 150 workers, among them those
who prepare the tobacco leaves and those
who roll the cigars, had been promised 30
dollars a month each if production goals
were surpassed.
A 12-person delegation took the workers'
complaints this week to the provincial government,
but was told there were no funds available
for the payments.
The cigars in question sell for between
250 and 1,000 dollars per box.
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