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Villanueva: DOLE, NEDA should carefully study proposed wage adjustments for Filipino workers
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Villanueva: DOLE, NEDA should carefully study proposed wage adjustments for Filipino workers
Villanueva: DOLE, NEDA should carefully study proposed wage adjustments for Filipino workers
Published Apr 30, 2023 04:59 am
Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva on Sunday, April 30 called on the government to thoroughly study the measures that seek to determine the reasonable living wage for the country’s workers.
Villanueva made the call ahead of the nation’s Labor Day activities on Monday, May 1.
“We are pushing for a living wage that is based on clear standards (Atin pong itinutulak ang pagkakaroon ng sweldong angkop sa pamumuhay o living wage na nakabatay sa malinaw na pamantayan),”
“Mahalaga pong mapag-aralang mabuti ng Department of Labor and Employment at National Economic and Development Authority ang magiging tamang pamantayan para matukoy ang reasonableng living wage para sa ating mga manggagawa (It is important that the DOLE and the NEDA carefully study the correct criteria to determine the reasonable living wage for our workers),” Villanueva said in a statement.
The concerns of the Filipino workers on daily wage, he said, deserves “immediate action and recognition of their poor condition and difficulty in meeting the daily needs of their families.”
“Nakikiisa po tayo sa panawagang bilisan ang pag-aaral ng mga panukalang wage adjustments kasabay ng paglalaan ng karampatang tulong para sa mga maliliit na mamumuhunan at pagpapababa ng presyo ng mga pangunahing bilihin at serbisyo (We join the call to speed up the study of the proposed wage adjustments while allocating competent assistance for small investors and lowering the price of basic goods and services),” he said.
The Philippine economy, he said, needs to create adequate decent jobs and to put a stop to the never-ending concerns on contractualization.
“Kailangan pong makagawa ang ekonomiya ng maraming disenteng trabaho at tuldukan na po natin ang matagal na nating pinaglalaban, yung kalakaran ng ENDO mapa sa pribado man o gobyerno (Our economy needs to create more decent jobs and to put an end to what we have been fighting for a long time, the trend of contractualization map, whether it is private or government),” he said.
“Itinutulak pa rin natin ang Trabaho Para Sa Bayan na naglalayong bumuo ng komprehensibong plano para sa labor and employment na may kaakibat na pagsuporta sa maliit na negosyo (We are still pushing Trabaho Para Sa Bayan which aims to develop a comprehensive plan for labor and employment with accompanying support to small businesses),” Villanueva reiterated.
“Atin pong panindigan ang polisiyang malayang kagustuhan ang maghanapbuhay sa ibang bayan at hindi kapit-sa-patalim kahit na meron na tayong binuong DMW, na sumasagot sa mga pangangailangan ng ating mga OFWs (Let's uphold the policy of free will to make a living in another country and not be forced even though we already have established the DMW, which responds to the needs of our OFWs),” the lawmaker stressed.