18 June 2008

Defection from Employment

A major issue confronting Cuban society is how to insert its youth into the workforce. The Union of Young Communists (UJC) is actively looking into why people are "disconnected from either study or work...not contributing anything to the society."

People report to be dissatisfied with the jobs on offer, frustrated at not qualifying to enter academically into their preferred career path, busy earning money in the informal sector, or just plain lazy or allergic to labor.

The consequence of idle bodies, besides the obvious afflictions like crime and political unrest common to any society with restless youth, is that many strategic positions that feed the social good go unfilled.

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