wages
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Workers to mobilize on EDSA People Power anniv vs ChaCha, for wage increase
National labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno launched a nationally coordinated action on February 16. Its NCR-based formations held their action at the EDSA People Power Monument. KMU carried the banner call “Sahod, hindi Cha-cha,” and asserted that wages can and must be raised significantly without need to amend the Constitution. The group stated that Marcos’…
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KMU blasts statements vs wage hike: “Wala kayong puso”
Militant trade union center Kilusang Mayo Uno slammed anti-wage hike statements from various government officials as “walang puso sa manggagawa.” (no heart for workers) DOLE Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma, and representatives Joey Salceda and Stella Quimbo recently said wage hikes are “inflationary” and “will kill MSMEs” in response to proposals in the Senate for a P100…
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Progress in wage increase bills a fruit of workers’ struggles
Available in Filipino The progress in the Senate on legislative bills for a P100 wage increase is good news for the workers. We, the workers, recognize this as the parliament’s response in the ceaseless protests and struggle for a significant wage increase and family living wage. The SB 2534 hurdling the Committee on Labor Employment…
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Panukalang dagdag sahod, bunga ng laban ng manggagawa
Available in English Mabuting balita para sa mga manggagawa na mayroong pag-usad ng panukalang batas para sa dagdag-sahod na P100 sa Senado. Kinikilala ito ng manggagawa bilang tugon sa walang-patid na paggigiit para sa signipikanteng wage increase at nakabubuhay na sahod. Positibong hakbang ang pagpasa ng SB 2534 sa Senate Committee on Labor Employment bilang…
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KMU to Zubiri: “Bakit ChaCha na ang sayaw mo?”
National labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno slammed Senate President Zubiri for prioritizing efforts to amend the Constitution while bills to legislate significant wage increases remain languishing in the parliament. Workers from KMU joined a protest in front of the Senate Building in Pasay to say “No To Charter Change, Yes to Wage Increase,” in time…
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On the proposal for a Charter Change
Whichever angle you look at it from, the proposed Charter Change (ChaCha) will not benefit the ordinary Filipino worker. It is merely a dance of knives for landlords, big businessmen and politicians who aim to line their pockets with the people’s taxes and seek to quench their thirst for greater power. Many will dismiss this…