THE Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) is pushing for a P136 increase in the minimum wage of workers in Metro Manila from its current rate of P466.
TUCP said there is a need to approve the pay hike if workers are to feel the inclusive growth being trumpeted by the Aquino administration.
“We have been experiencing growth in our economy but the workers who worked hard for it are wallowing in poverty. They have jobs and most are employed yet they do not benefit the development,” said TUCP spokesman Alan Tanjusay.
Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz had previously said that the RTWPB-NCR already started the process of minimum wage setting even without a wage petition being filed.
The action by the NCR wage board came on the heels of the LRT and MRT fare hike. Metro Manila minimum wage workers had their last pay increase in October 2013. (HDT/Sunnex)SunStar
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