MANILA -- As the 16th Congress starts regular sessions, workers led by labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno picketed the Batasang Pambansa this morning to call for the immediate passage of the bill seeking to legislate a P125 (US$2.88) across-the-board wage hike...
“Aquino was recognized as an ‘influential leader’ because of his rabid support for pro-capitalist and anti-worker policies. Not only has he refused to increase wages by a significant amount, he is trying to cut and freeze wages through the Two-Tiered Wage System.” – KMU
On last 6 session days of Congress, workers press for passage of P125 wage hike bill (Photo by Marya Salamat / Bulatlat.com)
By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com MANILA – This week marks the last nine session days before Congress takes a recess for election campaign. As such, workers led by labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) tried to remind the lawmakers not to leave behind their years-long...
‘Wage hike one of the best Yuletide Gifts lawmakers can give before 2013 elections’ (Photos by Marya Salamat / Bulatlat.com)
By MARYA SALAMAT
“Not only is the Aquino government refusing to approve a significant wage hike, it is also implementing new policies that further press down workers’ wages.” – KMU
By MARYA SALAMAT
A week before May 1, as P125 wage hike proposal nears Congress approval, the labor secretary and regional wage boards suddenly realized there is a need indeed for a wage hike.
By MARYA SALAMAT
As peasants and workers are being battered by incessant price hikes, peasants are demanding for an increase in the government’s procurement of rice and workers for a substantial wage increase.
By MARYA SALAMAT
Even employers in other regions have reportedly told the House labor committee they can afford the said wage hike.
Sidebar: Malacañang told: Economy has enough profits to support wage hike
By bulatlat.com MANILA – Contrary to what President Benigno “Noynoy” came up with in his computation presented to the media yesterday, the Philippine economy actually has more than enough profit to support a P125 ($2.91) nationwide across-the-board wage hike....
By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com MANILA – Finally, after more than a decade, the proposed legislated wage hike bill in Congress has seemingly got a promised approval of the House labor committee. The pending House Bill 375 in Congress is seeking to legislate a P125...
By MARYA SALAMAT
The recorded profit of the top 1,000 corporations in the Philippines ballooned more than five times (552-percent) in a decade, but the average wages and salaries increased only 31-percent over the same period.
Sidebar: Rep. Winnie Castelo will 'plank' for P125 wage hike bill
By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com MANILA -- Rep. Winnie Castelo told the legislators’ forum on wage hike this Monday that he is willing to withdraw his anti-planking bill in Congress if it would impede freedom of expression. In fact, said Castelo, “If the House of...
PRESS RELEASE 15 August 2011 MANILA -- “Faced with workers’ continuing clamor for a significant wage hike, the Department of Trade and Industry is resorting to the age-old tactic of blackmailing workers with threats of massive layoffs.” This was the statement of...
The labor center KMU which Ka Bel led for years said their group's vow to advance the people’s struggle for their basic rights and for a significant wage hike is, in their belief, the highest tribute they can give Ka Bel. (Text by MARYA SALAMAT ; Photos by RANDY EVANGELISTA / Bulatlat.com)
By MARYA SALAMAT
The granted P22 emergency COLA won’t give workers and their families “real immediate relief amid the rising prices of basic goods and services, especially petroleum products.”
By MARYA SALAMAT
In the ECOP national conference, Aquino said his government has “no intention of asking Congress to legislate an across-the-board increase in wages.”
KMU-NCR calls for abolition of regional wage boards anew As the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board for the National Capital Region (RTWPB-NCR) hold its first public hearing on wage adjustments today, militant workers group, Kilusang Mayo Uno –...
By MARYA SALAMAT
The labor center KMU accused the Aquino government of engaging in a “propaganda offensive against calls for a substantial wage hike, amid growing sentiment in favor of this wage hike.”
Labor Groups Prepare Mass Actions for May 1 “and Beyond”
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