SunStar Labor: Wage hike in Western Visayas an upheaval battle
NEGROS. Leaders of various labor groups in Negros Occidental hold copies of the Labor Manifesto of Solidarity during the press conference at the Negros Press Club Building in Bacolod City in commemoration of the International Labor Day on Saturday, May 1, 2021. (Erwin P. Nicavera)
+ May 03, 2021 AS THEY marked the celebration of International Labor Day on May 1, local labor leaders have lamented that the call for wage increase for private sector workers in Western Visayas, including Negros Occidental, is an upheaval battle.
Labor representative to the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB)-Western Visayas Wennie Sancho, during the press conference at the Negros Press Club Building in Bacolod City in commemoration of the International Labor Day on Saturday, May 1, said salary hike for minimum wage earners in the region remains dim.
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NEGROS OCCIDENTAL. Labor leader Wennie Sancho. (File photo)
+ April 08, 2021 A LABOR leader has expressed dismay over the rejection of their manifestation for a P25 to P30 per day Pandemic Emergency Relief Allowance (Pera) for private-sector workers in Western Visayas including Negros Occidental.
Wennie Sancho, labor representative to the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) in Western Visayas, said management representatives have manifested their rejection of the proposal during the virtual Board’s meeting Thursday, April 8, 2021.
Sancho, also the secretary general of the General Alliance of Workers Associations (Gawa), said the proposal for an emergency relief allowance during this coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic was submitted on October 19, 2020.