Labor Day rallies to demand pay hike, end to contractualization

Credit to Author: dmorcoso| Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2019 23:09:10 +0000

Labor Day rallies to demand pay hike, end to contractualization

MANILA, Philippines — A militant labor group said on Monday it expected 100,000 workers to join nationwide rallies on May 1, Labor Day, in a stinging rebuke of President Duterte, whom it accused of accepting lopsided deals with Chinese businessmen at the expense of Filipino workers. Organizers said they would demand a P750 national minimum […]

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Minimum wage increased in 9 regions

Nine regional wage boards have approved increases in workers’ basic pay ahead of President Rodrigo Duterte’s State of the Nation Address, but labor groups found the amounts too paltry to cope with the rising prices of goods.

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