Workers say they need increases for living wages, while employers say they cannot afford it. The debates float wage subsidies as a way government can help both sectors.
MINIMUM wage earners from micro and small establishments and distressed establishments will need government subsidies so they can cope with the proposed legislated wage hike. Labor groups made the proposal at a hearing on Wednesday of the House of Representatives Committee on Labor and Employment on the proposed bills implementing…
'Kung sa Tsina nagkaroon tayo ng Tiananmen Square noong 1989, sa Pilipinas naman tayo ay nakaranas sa deka-dekada ng Batas Militar,' says protest leader Benjamin Alvero
More than 31 million voters elected President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to the highest seat in government in May, signaling an end to the chapter of Post-People Power Philippines.
"Police charged at the contingent even after the end of the short action. The banner was forcefully torn from the participants and the three youth leaders were violently arrested and dragged towards police vehicles," labor coalition Nagkaisa said.