Thousands of workers marched the streets of Metro Manila demanding a P100 increase in the minimum wage, an end to contractual work as a way to avoid paying benefits to regular employees and assistance for the poor as the nation observed Labor Day.
contractual work as a way to avoid paying benefits to regular employees and assistance for the poor as the nation observed Labor Day.
The main Labor Day mobilization in Manila was led by the coalition All Philippine Trade Unions which brings together the groups Nagkaisa, Trade Union Congress of the Philippines, Kilusang Mayo Uno and Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino . In Bacolod, some 3,000 workers joined the United Labor of Negros rally at the public plaza. Sugar workers trooped to Bacolod City for the Labor Day protest of the groups PM, KMU, NACUSIP, BMP, CAILO, BUNYOG and BACOD. Unrest is brewing among sugar workers due to the early onset of tiempo muerto as a result of the sugar crisis.
“We will listen to the comments and inputs from the tripartite sectors: labor, employer, and government, and look forward to a mutually beneficial result for both workers and employers,” Estrada said. “Our labor force is essential to the sustenance of a soaring economy and also in laying the groundwork for our important industries. That is why we strive to address the cares and concerns of our workers as well as provide them with better opportunities so that they are capable of their full potential and active participants in nation-building,” the President said in a statement.
“Our workers are the backbone not only of their families but of the economy and the nation. The economy would not be running if not for their tireless toil,” Romualdez said. Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri renewed his commitment to push for legislation to protect and advance the interests of workers.
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