TUCP to ask additional P136 for minimum wage
March 5, 2015 | 4:04pm
MANILA, Philippines - The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines-Nagkaisa (TUCP-Nagkaisa) will demand for an additional P136 to the current minimum wage during the first public hearing at Pasay City on Friday.
The wage board will be conducting the first public hearing for the wage petition around 9 a.m. at the Philippine Trade Training Center in Pasay City.
"Our economy has been improving and continues to perform better than its peers in the region but the Filipino workers who largely contributed to that growth are falling through the cracks and being left behind. Working people also deserved a share of the pie that only a few are privileged to have. Many minimum wage earners are falling by the day and they are being ignored by government," TUCP spokesperson Alan Tanjusay said.
He said the group will file a wage increase petition of P136 on top of the current P466 minimum wage.
Workers in Metro Manila, numbering around 800,000, now receive nominal wage of P466 a day but due to inflation and mandatory salary deductions, they only actually get P299, Tanjusay said.
He cited International Labour Organization provision saying the living wage is the remuneration received for a standard 40 hour work week by a worker in a particular place sufficient to afford a decent standard of living for the worker and his or her family.
"So is the P299 a decent wage? Is it the living wage? We are going to pose these questions tomorrow," he added.
BrandSpace Articles
<
>
- Latest
- Trending
Trending
Latest
Trending
By Bella Cariaso | 6 hours ago
By Jean Mangaluz | 14 hours ago
By Daphne Galvez | 6 hours ago
By Cesar Ramirez | 6 hours ago
Latest
By Sheila Crisostomo | 6 hours ago
By John Unson | 6 hours ago
By Rhodina Villanueva | 6 hours ago
By Emmanuel Tupas | 6 hours ago
Recommended
2 days ago
2 days ago
2 days ago
2 days ago
