REVIEW OF MINIMUM WAGE / FEBRUARY 15, 2023
Workers set up steel beam at a construction site in Quezon City on Wednesday, February 15, 2023. A resolution seeking to review the existing government policies on minimum wage increase was filed in the senate by Senator Raffy Tulfo. Tulfo said "the current minimum wage will not be able to sustain the living conditions of workers, and many workers are facing significant financial difficulties as a result and the issuance of an emergency wage order may be necessary to address these challenges".
INQUIRER PHOTO / GRIG C. MONTEGRANDE
Labor groups have vowed to keep pushing for a legislated P150 wage hike nationwide amid the rising cost of living, even if President Marcos did not mention wage increase in his State of the Nation Address on Monday.
“President Marcos bragged about solving the inflation problem as his main accomplishment but the reality of high prices of basic goods and services remains,” said Sonny Matula, chair of the Nagkaisa labor coalition.
Factoring inflation, Matula said the real value of the P610 new daily minimum wage in Metro Manila effective July 16 from the previous P570 daily minimum rate was still P515. INQ
