There is no word yet from President Marcos whether he will certify as urgent the passage of a P200 legislated wage hike, but he has ordered a review of regional minimum wage rates.
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00:00Usec, the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines is appealing to the President to push for
00:08the urgent passage of the legislated wage hike, 200 pesos, citing the dire living conditions
00:13of workers.
00:14Is this something that the President has already considered and is discussing with his cabinet?
00:19Actually, the directive of our President is to follow what is in the labor code and he
00:26also gave him an order to review by the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board the
00:33salary or wages of our countrymen in each region, and currently there has been a review in 16
00:43regions and there are regions that have already raised their salaries.
00:47I will just give you the details once I have the copy, so that is our good news for our
00:54countrymen.
00:55In order to raise salaries, we need to listen to all employers, employees, so that we can
01:04provide better and reasonable salaries for our countrymen.
01:08So, it is still wage sports.
01:10As to the legislated hike, the President is not keen on pushing for that?
01:15That is pending, if I am not mistaken, in Congress.
01:21So, we will just have to wait and see if there will be results in their legislation.
01:31So, the forthcoming that the President will certify as urgent, have we not seen it yet?
01:37As of the moment, I have not been given any directive regarding that, but the President
01:45has already given a directive to our RTWPP.