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NEGROS OCCIDENTAL. General Alliance of Workers Associations Secretary Wennie Sancho (center) urges the government to protect real wage from falling through one provision of wage hike. (File photo)
+ February 10, 2021 A LABOR leader in Negros Occidental is calling on the government to protect the real wages from falling through one, provision of necessary wage increase to the workers.
Wennie Sancho, secretary general of General Alliance of Workers Associations (Gawa), said wage is the price of labor in the production of goods and services.
Sancho, also the labor representative to the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) in Western Visayas, said it is the remuneration for all forms of human endeavors.
January 31, 2021 THE labor sector may push through with its plan to file a petition for a daily salary increase amounting to P50 to P100 for minimum wage workers in Western Visayas.
Wennie Sancho, labor representative to the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) in Western Visayas, said the Board has failed to act on their earlier manifestation for a Pandemic Emergency Relief Allowance (Pera) amounting to P25 per day.
Sancho said they manifested such a move in November last year but until now the Wage Board has still been waiting for the requirements from the management including the number of personnel dismissed, those who have returned to work, and establishments closed and reopened, among others.
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+ December 10, 2020 AS IT marks this year s Human Rigth s Day on Wednesday, Negros Occidental-based labor group General Alliance of Workers Associations (Gawa) asserted that in a democratic state, the individual enjoys certain rights that cannot be modified or taken away by the lawmaking body.
These rights are guaranted because of the belief in the inherent dignity and worth of every human person, its secretary general Wennie Sancho said.
Sancho said the value accorded to human dignity is measured by the extent of respect for human rights. Unfortunately, gross and blatant violations of human rights goes unabated today all over the world, by the most cruel and powerful oppressors who are dead to the claims of human affection and knew no rules but to extend their power at the expense of human rights violations, he added.