“It’s not enough to cover for the rising prices of basic commodities, especially food items, and rising payments for basic services.”
P15 ‘insulting’ wage hike in NCR fails to appease restive workers
Tags: regional wage boards
Labor decry ‘kaning baboy’ wage hike
KMU and Ibon research group said the P10 ($0.22) wage hike approved in Metro Manila is puny compared to what the workers’ families need to cope with price hikes; to what the wage needs to regain after decades-long erosion; and compared to the growth in labor productivity.
Noynoy’s paltry P22 allowance insults and deceives, groups say
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.”
Workers group to Noynoy: “P125 legislated wage hike, not alms!”
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 – National Capital Region storms the Department of Labor and Employment office in Manila to reiterate their…
Workers challenge Aquino government to a debate over wage hike
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”
Anakpawis, KMU: Wage Boards’ Wage Increase – Divisive, Gloria’s Deodorizer
Media Release February 19, 2010 Labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno and Anakpawis Partylist branded as “insulting to workers” the three regional wage boards’ claim that they are studying the possibility of raising wages in their respective regions. Wage boards in Zamboanga and Eastern Visayas are reportedly studying a P50 increase in the minimum wage, while…
Big Landlords, Not Regional Wage Boards Determine Agri Workers’ Pay
Big landlords representing owners of haciendas and big sugar plantations determine the wages received by part-time and full-time agricultural workers across the country. BY GERRY ALBERT CORPUZ Contributed to Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 11, April 20-26, 2008 Big landlords representing owners of haciendas and big sugar plantations determine the wages received by part-time and full-time…