But on May 1, trade unions and workers’ rights advocates note two that are missing: the inclusion of stakeholders – or the workers themselves – in the creation of the committee and and the chief executive himself, who is currently on an official trip to the United States to score more investments for the Philippines and to discuss defense deals with its decades-old treaty ally.
Different labor groups and federations such as the Kilusang Mayo Uno and the All Philippine Trade Unions are holding protests to call for urgent and significant wage increases.
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