Omar Rangel, from the National Bolivarian Union of Education Workers said that the salary increase was an act of justice for the working class. "The salary increase will help the workers a lot to improve their living conditions." Others argued for the reduction of the work day from 8 to 6 hours, initially proposed in President Chavez’s constitutional reforms last year, as a way of allowing for increased worker participation in the political affairs of the country. Full Article at Venezuela Analysis