The law was developed through a participatory process that incorporated nearly 97,000 proposals. On Thursday, the Cuban National Assembly approved a new Labor Code during the Seventh Session of the Tenth Legislature, backed by public consultations and designed to protect income and expand labor rights. The draft was developed through a participatory process that incorporated nearly 97,000 proposals, 43% of which were included, and with input from more than 200,000 workers in the non-state sector. U.S. politicians call Cuba’s medical missions “forced labor,” without providing evidence to back the claim. Elba Martínez Amador, Vice President of the Commission on Constitutional and Legal Affairs, emphasized that the Code refines regulations that ensure labor rights and obligations applicable to all employment sectors in Cuba.