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SunStar + April 07, 2021 LABOR group United Pantaron Banana Workers Union (UPBWU) on April 6 filed a petition for a P100 daily wage increase for agricultural and non-agricultural workers in the region. “Angayan ra ang paghatag og usbaw sa suholan karon tungod grabe ang pagsaka sa presyo sa mga palaliton sugod niadtong Disyembre 2020 nga dili na makapaigo ang kasamtangang minimum nga suholan namong mga trabahante (There is a need for a wage increase because the prices of the commodities rapidly increased beginning last December 2020 that the current minimum wage is not enough),” UPBWU president Jay Panague. The Philippine Statistics Authority in Davao Region reported that inflation in Davao Region accelerated to 2.7 percent in February from 1.9 percent in January. The agency reported that this is the highest inflation reported since June 2019. ....
SunStar File Photo by Macky Lim + April 06, 2021 CITING a long overdue wage increase and the Covid-19 pandemic’s onslaught on labor, a union of workers petitioned for a P100 increase in the daily pay of minimum wage earners in Davao Region. Banana workers under United Pantaron Banana Workers Union (UPBWU) in Sto. Tomas, Davao del Norte trooped to the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) regional office on Tuesday, April 6, to file a petition for wage increase for workers in the region. According to UPBWU president Jay Panague, the group specifically asked for a P100 increase in the daily wage of minimum wage earners in the agricultural and non-agricultural workers in Davao. Those businesses not employing more than 10 workers are excluded from their petition. ....