LA PAZ, Oct 18. (Reuters) - Bolivia's unions on Monday discussed raising a general strike for nearly two weeks after winning this morning to start a new agreement the government of Evo Morales that minimally meets their demand for wage increase. The unit Central Obrera Boliviana (COB) said that in negotiations for nearly 40 hours that ended at midnight on Sunday, the government agreed to increase from 10 to 11 percent wage increase this year, with possibility reaches 12 percent for some sectors of public administration.
Additional adjustment would benefit teachers and health workers, the only sectors that respected the general strike had no impact on production work but remained agitated to La Paz with a wave of violent street protests. "This is the maximum that we could start on the other demands of our mobilization is total agreement, especially the dismantling of neoliberalism, so now discussing with the bases to the protests," said COB leader Pedro Montes .
The negotiated wage increase will not reach the workers of public enterprises in production, as oil and mining, and only serve as reference in the private sector as the government said. According to Vice Minister of Coordination with social movements, César Navarro was quoted by the official news agency ABI, the agreement provides a wage increase of 11 percent could reach 12 percent for education and health sectors if sources are government and COB funding for it.
"The leaders of the COB have requested to check on the state accounts for some areas if possible use of these resources to add and achieve a final wage increase of 12 percent", he explained, noting that during negotiations the Executive made it clear "In no case could exceed the state budget limits" established by 4.5 percent deficit this year.
It has also clarified that the increase for the two sectors will be retroactive to January. The Miners' Federation, historically considered the vanguard of the COB, said that pose an "extended" or general assembly of national unions planned for Monday to approve the agreement and lift the strike.
One week ago, the "extended" to the COB refused an initial agreement had been involved in the negotiation Morales. The Bolivian president, who did not attend the second round of talks, said Sunday that the wage demand was about to become a "political mobilization against the change process, and indigenous socialist line, which began with his arrival at to a little over five years.
Cesar Lugo, of the Miners' Federation, told reporters that his organization hoped that the new understanding be ratified by the "extended", because "the partners have to understand that conflicts can not get 100 percent" . 
Additional adjustment would benefit teachers and health workers, the only sectors that respected the general strike had no impact on production work but remained agitated to La Paz with a wave of violent street protests. "This is the maximum that we could start on the other demands of our mobilization is total agreement, especially the dismantling of neoliberalism, so now discussing with the bases to the protests," said COB leader Pedro Montes .
The negotiated wage increase will not reach the workers of public enterprises in production, as oil and mining, and only serve as reference in the private sector as the government said. According to Vice Minister of Coordination with social movements, César Navarro was quoted by the official news agency ABI, the agreement provides a wage increase of 11 percent could reach 12 percent for education and health sectors if sources are government and COB funding for it.
"The leaders of the COB have requested to check on the state accounts for some areas if possible use of these resources to add and achieve a final wage increase of 12 percent", he explained, noting that during negotiations the Executive made it clear "In no case could exceed the state budget limits" established by 4.5 percent deficit this year.
It has also clarified that the increase for the two sectors will be retroactive to January. The Miners' Federation, historically considered the vanguard of the COB, said that pose an "extended" or general assembly of national unions planned for Monday to approve the agreement and lift the strike.
One week ago, the "extended" to the COB refused an initial agreement had been involved in the negotiation Morales. The Bolivian president, who did not attend the second round of talks, said Sunday that the wage demand was about to become a "political mobilization against the change process, and indigenous socialist line, which began with his arrival at to a little over five years.
Cesar Lugo, of the Miners' Federation, told reporters that his organization hoped that the new understanding be ratified by the "extended", because "the partners have to understand that conflicts can not get 100 percent" .
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