Enviado por ei en Mayo 3, 2010 – 2:41 am.Rene Navarro has been cutting hair at the Salon Soroa for 15 years, as an employee of the Cuban government. But as of April 1, he has been working for himself.
“This is new to us, and we’re still getting used to the change,” Navarro says. “We don’t know how it’s going to work out.”
Many in Cuba are watching this experiment closely. It’s the first time Cuba’s communist government has given up control over some of the small businesses that were nationalized in 1968.
Some barbers say they are thrilled with the change. But Navarro is less enthusiastic. One reason is that he now has to pay nearly $40 a month in taxes and fees. At Cuban prices, that’s about 50 haircuts.
“In the past, you worked, reported your hours, earned a salary and took vacations,” Navarro says. “Now you don’t have any of that. You just work and work.”
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