The P85 wage standoff
For most workers who live on a tight budget, the suspension of wage hike is more than a legal development. It is a delay in money they had been counting on.
The P85 wage standoff
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Overseas Filipino workers bat for ‘sound family living wage’ in the Philippines
Overseas Filipino workers bat for ‘sound family living wage’ in the Philippines
Migrant workers overseas believe that a Philippine wage hike will be the lasting solution to the worsening cases of abuses of overseas Filipinos, claiming that the local economic crisis in the Philippines only breeds an environment for the rampant human trafficking of Filipino workers abroad.
Delusion of growth amid rising poverty and hunger
Delusion of growth amid rising poverty and hunger
In 2024, the Marcos Jr administration implemented economic policies that favor big businesses and foreign investors while keeping wages at miserable levels.
PH’s average minimum wage can’t feed a five-member family
PH’s average minimum wage can’t feed a five-member family
For a breadwinner in a five-member family in Metro Manila, this falls short of P686.49, as the family daily living wage in NCR is P1,190, according to the economic think tank IBON Foundation.
Workers press gov’t for national minimum wage
Workers press gov’t for national minimum wage
“As hardworking Filipinos who struggle to support our families through honorable means, we deserve no less than wages and salaries that would afford us humane living conditions. We say enough of the Duterte government’s neglect of our plight.” By ANNE MARXZE D....
Wage hikes will not cause higher prices — IBON
Wage hikes will not cause higher prices — IBON
Bulatlat.com MANILA -- Research group IBON countered today the claims of National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Secretary Ernesto Pernia who said that substantially raising the minimum wage of Filipino workers will lead to price hikes. On the contrary,...
Bonifacio Day protests to condemn existing Marcosian policies
Bonifacio Day protests to condemn existing Marcosian policies
“Marcos may already be dead, but his legacy of contractualization, cheap labor, no-union no-strike policy, killings, abductions, illegal arrests, torture, militarization of peasant and Lumad communities, and much more are still alive and continues to oppress Filipino workers and people.”
Aquino pressing down wages — KMU
Aquino pressing down wages — KMU
In 10 regions, wages are lower than P290.
Workers slam P15 wage hike as ‘one-sided’, push for P16,000 minimum wage
Workers slam P15 wage hike as ‘one-sided’, push for P16,000 minimum wage
The P16,000 national minimum wages represent only a 17-percent cut in profit, and it would not necessarily cause inflation if the establishments bore the dip in profit instead of passing it on to prices of their products or services. - Ibon Foundation
P15 ‘insulting’ wage hike in NCR fails to appease restive workers
P15 ‘insulting’ wage hike in NCR fails to appease restive workers
"It’s not enough to cover for the rising prices of basic commodities, especially food items, and rising payments for basic services.”
P16,000 minimum wage urged to avert more hunger, deprivation
P16,000 minimum wage urged to avert more hunger, deprivation
“Wages take decades to adjust but the prices of Meralco, gas, water, increase often, just like that.” – Kadamay-NCR
Government, private sector workers stage walkout for ‘National Minimum Wage’
Government, private sector workers stage walkout for ‘National Minimum Wage’
SPECIAL REPORT: “For decades now, workers have experienced worsening hunger and poverty because of the intensifying attacks on the minimum wage while big businesses earn superprofits and big bureaucrats become very wealthy.”
All workers’ unity for P16,000 minimum wage formed
All workers’ unity for P16,000 minimum wage formed
“Social justice dictates that those who create the nation’s wealth be granted at least their right to a minimum wage amidst the increasing profits and wealth of a handful of capitalists and bureaucrats. We have every reason to believe that capitalists and the government can grant our just demand,.” – Ferdinand Gaite, Courage
In Calabarzon, workers get first taste of wage cuts via two-tier wage system
In Calabarzon, workers get first taste of wage cuts via two-tier wage system
2nd of two, series on two-tier wage 1st of two, series on two-tier wage: From wage freeze to wage cuts: Aquino government pilots two-tier wage system Sidebar: Latest poverty measure: excluding the poor from the poverty count By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com Calamba,...
Labor woes and frozen wages in Davao
Labor woes and frozen wages in Davao
By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN Davao Today Reposted by Bulatlat.com DAVAO CITY, Philippines -- The Philippines was recently reported to be the third country in the world that has the lowest salary increases. And that news is not farfetched when Davao workers say they...
YEARENDER: Economic Lessons from 2011 for 2012
YEARENDER: Economic Lessons from 2011 for 2012
By SONNY AFRICA
The Philippines can't rely on the world economy and old globalization policies to drive economic growth and development.
P125-Wage Hike and Arroyo’s Economic Boom
P125-Wage Hike and Arroyo’s Economic Boom
If Pres. Arroyo wants to talk about “social payback from the booming economy”, the only acceptable and meaningful social payback that Filipino workers deserve today is a substantial wage increase complemented by price controls, tax reforms, and drastic increases in...
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