Word: caja
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Chilean workers are obliged to belong to autonomous Cajas, or occupational guilds, through which medical care is administered. There are 20 to 30 such guilds in the country. Largest is the laborers' Caja, with a membership of 1,200,000. Each worker contributes from 3 to 10% of his wages to his Caja every month. Employers match or exceed this payment, and in some cases the Government adds a small percentage. For this fee a worker gets not only medical care but insurance against several or all of the following (according to the rules of his Caja): 1) sickness...