MANILA – Militant groups held a rally at the Occupational Safety and Health Center in QC where the Regional Tripartite Wage Board held its third and final public consultation on petitions to raise the minimum daily wage.
The RTWB for the National Capital Region has 30 days to decide on the issue.
The two factions of the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) filed separate petitions.
The group of Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza asked for an P85 daily minimum wage hike, while that of former Senator Ernesto F. Herrera petitioned for an P83 increase.
The current minimum wage in NCR is P456 per day.
Workers belonging to the militant Kilusang Mayo Uno, on the other hand, are pushing for a P125 legislated wage increase and the abolition of wage boards.
KMU Chairperson Elmer Labog alleged that employers are using the wage board to continue exploiting workers.
KMU cited Ibon foundation’s May 2013 study showing that the legislation of P125 across the board wage hike nationwide will only result in a 15 percent reduction in the profits of companies in the country.
Atty. Alberto Quimpo, corporate secretary of the Employers’ Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP), warned that increasing the minimum wage would result in mass layoffs and closure of companies.
The ECOP filed a petition urging the wage boards to dismiss TUCP’s petition for wage increase.
Alex Avila, chairman of the Regional Wage Board and Regional Director of DOLE-NCR, said several factors will have to be taken into consideration in approving a wage hike.
These include the inflation and unemployment rates (as presented by NEDA during the hearing), oil price adjustments, rising electricity rates, etc.
He said the wage board will have to do a balancing act in weighing the consequences of whatever decision they will make, not just on the labor and employer sectors, but on the country as a whole. –Jing Castaneda, ABS-CBN News
July 2025
Nutrition Month
“Give us much more than P50 increase
for proper nutrition!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry recommendations
against serious violations of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association protocols.
Accept National Unity Government (NUG)
of Myanmar. Reject Military!
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July
3 July – International Day of Cooperatives
3 July – International Plastic Bag Free Day
5 July – World Youth Skills Day
7 July – Global Forgiveness Day
11 July – World Population Day
17 July – World Day for International Justice
28 July – World Nature Conservation Day
30 July – World Day against Trafficking in Persons
Monthly Observances:
Schools Safety Month
Nutrition Month
National Disaster Consciousness Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 2: Cultural Communities Week
Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise
Development Week
Week 3: National Science and
Technology Week
National Disability Prevention and
Rehabilitation Week
July 1-7:
National Culture Consciousness Week
July 13-19:
Philippines Business Week
Week ending last Saturday of July:
Arbor Week
Daily Observances:
First Saturday of July:
International Cooperative Day
in the Philippines
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