SINABI ng isang labor group na nabawasan ng P81 ang P570 minimum wage sa Metro Manila matapos umabot sa 8.1 porsiyento ang inflation rate.
Kasabay nito, isinulong ni Partido Manggagawa (PM) national chair at Marikina City Councilor Rene Magtubo ang P100 umento sa sahod ng mga manggagawa.
“We call for a new round of wage hikes to recover the lost purchasing power of workers not just in Metro Manila but in the whole country due to the surge in inflation. We call on Congress to legislate a P100 across-the-board salary increase for all workers as relief from the shock of rising prices,” sabi ni Magtubo.
Sinabi ng Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) na ang 8.1 porsiyentong inflation rate ang siyang pinakamataas sa nakalipas na 15 taon.
“The P570 minimum wage in NCR is actually just worth P489 by December 2022. P81 has been shaved off the real value of the minimum wage. Meaning, not only has the P33 minimum wage hike in June 2022 been effectively wiped out by runaway inflation, workers’ real wages have pushed back even further,” dagdag ni Magtubo.
