Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III on Monday, May 1, threw his support behind a number of bills at the Upper Chamber seeking to raise the minimum wage in the country. Pimentel said the increase is long overdue. “There is no way a family of five can live a decent life with the...
Members of the Women Workers United (WWU) on Friday, April 28, vowed to continue fighting for living wages, decent work, quality public services, and freedom from all forms of violence and exploitation. (Photo courtesy of Women Workers United) In time for the celebration of International Workers’...
Progressive groups Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) and Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) are set to stage a protest on Friday, April 28, to reiterate its calls for wage increase and to demand the lowering of the prices of basic commodities across the archipelago. This call of action will be held at the...
Alliance of Filipino women Gabriela said one of the solutions to alleviate the suffering of Filipinos is to make an adjustment to the country’s wage system. This wage increase, according to Gabriela, is the solution to “people’s poverty.” “In a time when prices are soaring and the real...
Senate President Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri has sought to increase workers' wages in all sectors throughout the country. This followed his filing of Senate Bill (SB) No. 2002, or the Across-the-Board Wage Increase Act of 2023, which seeks to raise the wages for all sectors across all regions by...
The Makabayan bloc in the House of Representatives on Monday, March 13, urged President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to certify as urgent House Bill (HB) No. 7568, which would mandate a P750 across-the-board wage increase for those working in the agricultural and non-agricultural...
Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri on Monday, February 20, announced that the Senate is increasing this year’s inflationary adjustment aid to its employees. From P12,000, the Senate increased the amount to P50,000, which the employees will receive in August 2023. “(This is) to help...
Senator Rafael ‘’Raffy’’ T. Tulfo has filed a Senate resolution seeking to review existing policies on the minimum wage increases to improve the standard of living and quality of life of workers, particularly those in the lower income bracket. In filing SR 476, Tulfo stressed that while...
MADRID, Spain -- Spain's government unveiled Tuesday an 8.0 percent rise in the minimum wage, despite the opposition of employer groups, in a context of high inflation and a key election year. The announcement by Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez comes just months before municipal polls in various...
SEAFOOD sold at the Bankerohan Market in Davao City. The Kilusang Mayo Uno has proposed legislation that would set the family living wage at P1,100 to enable workers to have the capacity to purchase basic needs. (Keith Bacongco) DAVAO CITY – A progressive organization said the P16 minimum wage...
Minimum wage earners in Northern Mindanao received a P15- to P22-increase in their daily take-home pay as the second tranche of the approved wage order for Region 10 took effect on Friday, Dec. 16, according to the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). Photo: DOLE Under the wage order RX-21 of...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Wednesday, December 7 reiterated her call for the government to consider granting workers' demands for salary adjustments in order to address runaway inflation, which surged to 8.0 percent in November. Hontiveros said she particularly supports the call for wage hikes as...
