NTUC in the News

MANILA, Philippines – The Wage Board has approved a P22 increase in the daily minimum wage for workers in the National Capital Region.

THE Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) on Tuesday led labor in expressing deep disappointment over how “little” the approved wage hike of P22 for Metro Manila is.

MANILA, Philippines – Organized labor today urged President apparent Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III to resurrect the Freedom of Information (FOI) bill as proof of his anti-corruption campaign.

THE Bangko Sentral has included in its inflation forecast a minimum wage increase of less than P75 a day, Governor Amando Tetangco Jr. said Wednesday.

THE National Wages and Productivity Commission’s may decide on the petitions to raise the minimum daily pay as early as this week.

THE Elections Commission has declared the first 34 congressmen who will represent 27 organizations that won under the Party-list system in the May 10 elections.

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MANILA, Philippines – The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines, (TUCP), the country’s largest party-list of workers, has condemned the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) for crafting and implementing the so-called “performance-based rate formula” which it claimed is the cause of skyrocketing prices of electricity.

CEBU, Philippines – The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines has come up with a policy wish list it wants voters to consider in casting their ballots on May 10.

THE Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) has called on government to impose stricter measures on private employers who disregard the safety and health of workers, after the tally of accidents in 22 worksites totaled 51 deaths and eight injuries since January this year.

CEBU, Philippines – The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines is urging companies to be proactive in protecting their workers by complying strictly with safety and health standards to avoid accidents and deaths.

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo Saturday directed Labor Secretary Marianito Roque to speed up the ongoing tripartite negotiations on wage hikes as well as to immediately address the pending labor cases before the National Labor Relations Commission.

MANILA, Philippines – The Trade Union Congress Party (TUCP), the largest workers’ party in the country, and its sister organization the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) Labor Center, led government, employer and union representatives and other sectors yesterday in calling for the promotion of safety among workers, including the banning of asbestos in…

MANILA, Philippines – Workers nationwide will get a much-awaited increase in their daily take-home pay after the May elections as a belated Labor Day gift, the National Wages and Productivity Commission (NWPC) said yesterday.

A major group under the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP), the biggest workers’ organization in the country, is not participating in today’s celebration of Labor Day. But the Associated Labor Union (ALU) has announced that it is supporting the Liberal Party’s presidential candidate Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III and his running mate Sen.…

The Trade Union Congress Party (TUCP Party List # 178) the largest worker’s party in the country and its sister organization the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) Labor Center led government, employer and union representatives and other sectors in calling for the ratification of ILO Convention No. 187 on Promotional Framework on Safety…

THE ARROYO GOVERNMENT has focused the last Labor Day celebration in its term on various ceremonies and activities to be held this Saturday at the SMX Convention Center in Pasay City, the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) said in press releases yesterday.

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Labor and Employment lamented on the non-cooperation of the victims of the recent construction site tragedies in Cebu City to their investigation.

THE Alliance of Labor Unions-Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (ALU-TUCP) here yesterday threatened to boycott May 1’s Labor Day celebration activities to dramatize its protest over the government’s failure to approve its petition for a wage increase in northern Mindanao.

WORKERS may not expect a wage increase in time for Labor Day because the wage boards need at least three weeks to decide on the higher pay petitions, an official said Tuesday.

CEBU, Philippines – Trade Union Congress of the Philippines Partylist Rep. Raymond Mendoza yesterday said their concerns are not only the issues related to labor, but also the need to improve the health services to the people in the barangays.

We tend to take small things—and people—for granted. I’m guessing the boys would know the name of the building receptionist, but do you know the custodian cleaning your floor or the guard downstairs? Pathetically, I don’t either.

For the last time during her incumbency, President Gloria Arroyo on Tuesday met with leaders of labor groups in the country in what was seen as a kick-off for the country’s celebration of Labor Day, May 1.

THE ARROYO government is scrounging for non-wage benefits to present to the country’s workers on May 1, telling representatives of labor groups who gathered in Malacañang yesterday that much of these wage alternatives had already been given.

MANILA, Philippines – Workers nationwide want the country’s next president to immediately move for a freer entry of locally made garments into the United States.

The TUCP Party-List has called the Bureau of Customs incompetent and inutile in stamping out the rampant sugar smuggling that hurts the local sugar industry, most especially the poor sugar farmers and producers, a press release from the group said.

MANILA, Philippines – Fewer students are opting to take up nursing apparently due to the continuing slump in the hiring of health workers in the United States, the country’s largest labor group reported yesterday.

MANILA, Philippines – Party-list Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP), the country’s largest worker’s sectoral party in the Philippines, has criticized the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) for recently allowing Meralco to impose a rate increase of 26.90 centavos per kilowatt-hour which it said will add to the burdens of consumers in Metro Manila.

CEBU, Philippines – Personnel of the Cebu City Police Office will head to Carmen to get the affidavits of the families of the construction workers killed and injured in last week’s tragedy in Barangay Tisa.

When she was named as the new Health chief early this year, Esparanza Cabral was introduced to a shocking figure on HIV-AIDS infection in the Philippines.