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Equity and fairness depend on giving all work its due.

This would be the first time in 60 years that a state rolled back a right-to-work law that was already in effect.

Estrada, who chairs the Senate labor panel that will tackle Zubiri’s proposal, said that while he agrees that a wage hike is needed, it is important to balance the needs of workers and employers “to ensure job preservation and job creation.”

This would be the first time in 60 years that a state rolled back a right-to-work law that was already in effect.

Estrada, who chairs the Senate labor panel that will tackle Zubiri’s proposal, said that while he agrees that a wage hike is needed, it is important to balance the needs of workers and employers “to ensure job preservation and job creation.”

National Pork Producers Council Economist, Holly Cook

Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri filed a bill that seeks to increase minimum wages of private sector workers nationwide by P150, citing the urgency to ease the effects of red-hot inflation that hit a 14-year high in January.

The Rio Grande River springs from the 220,000-hectare Liguasan Delta and drains into the sea to the west of Cotabato City.

Partido Manggagawa chairperson Rene Magtubo said in a statement that workers need “immediate relief” through a legislated wage hike as repealing the current law that fixes minimum wages across the country will take time.

The last increase in the minimum wage was in June 2022: To between P533 and P570 in Metro Manila and to between P306 to P470 in the regions.