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Rising cost of living prompted the country’s largest labor group to demand for a P388 daily minimum wage hike in Soccsksargen. On Monday, the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) filed a new wage petition before the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board-Region 12 (RTWPB-Region 12) for the said pay…
WAGE REVIEW. The Department of Labor and Employment regional office in Tacloban City, the lead agency of the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) in Eastern Visayas. The board will start the consultation process on the proposed pay hike for private sector workers.(PNA Tacloban file photo) TACLOBAN CITY - The Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) in Eastern Visayas is set to start a series of public consultations on the proposed pay hike for workers in the private sector. "After these consultations, we will have deliberations looking into the socio-ec...
Boris Johnson’s assertion to Parliament on Monday 31 January that his Government had cut crime “by 14%” between Septe...
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March 11 2021 Jennifer Noonan is a Southeast Portland resident. She argues that schools should reopen in-person classes to help lift families out of poverty. As a working mother, I have grown frustrated that the school reopening debate has broken down largely along partisan lines. So, I was initially glad to see the governor's order that mandated a return to classrooms. But once you scratch the surface, the order doesn't go far enough for countless families like mine. I grew up in and out of homelessness with parents who struggled with substance abuse. I survived rape, sexual exploitat...