Ni Mina Navarro
Hindi na makikipagtalo ang Associated Labor Unions-Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (ALU-TUCP) sa P21 umento na ibinigay ng wage board para sa mga manggagawa sa Metro Manila, pero personal na hihilingin ng grupo kay Pangulong Duterte ang karagdagang P16 mula sa una na nilang iginiit na government cash subsidy.
“We will no longer pursue our plan to file an appeal on the wage order 21 issued by the wage board giving workers in Metro Manila a P21 wage increase in their basic pay. What we will pursue is to ask President Duterte again to grant our request to him to provide a P500 monthly subsidy, or P16 a day, for all minimum-waged earners, not just in Metro Manila but to all workers nationwide, to augment workers’ purchasing power to cope with 3.1%-and-rising inflation and surging cost of living,” pahayag ng tagapagsalita ng ALU-TUCP na si Alan Tanjusay.
“The President has promised genuine change. Well, this is the right time to tilt the balance in favor of the workers who have been living way below the poverty standard and fulfill his vow for real reforms in view of the few elites who hoards the wealth of our country and control our democratic system,” ani Tanjusay. Matatandaang ipinagkaloob kamakailan ng Regional Tripartite and Productivity Board-National Capital Region (RTPB-NCR) ang P21 umento sa mga manggagawa sa Metro Manilam, gayung P184 wage hike ang ipinetisyon ng ALU-TUCP.
