This year, workers intensified their calls for a wage hike and the lowering of prices, saying that the pay should be able to cover the needs of a family of five.
#NoGoldenEra | Workers suffer as pay remains insufficient amid incessant price hikes
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Bleeding the supposed ‘bosses,’ the working masses, dry
By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com MANILA – In 2012, the incomes of the Filipino working population shrunk further compared to the rising cost of living, their recorded productivity and, based on news reports, growing revenues of companies. Considering that 2012 precedes an election year, the Aquino government only responded to decade-long calls of organized labor for…
On Labor Day, workers vow to rally vs Aquino’s failure to address pressing issues
By MARYA SALAMAT
This Labor Day, the workers and the poor will take President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III to task for failing to respond to their calls, making the hunger and poverty situation in the country even worse, and exceeding even the previous government’s puppetry to the US.
Public Health Providers Tired of GMA’s Promises
A meager P18.65 ($0.42) per day is the equivalent of the ten percent increase to Salary Grade I government employees, which includes health workers in public hospitals. BY RONALYN V. OLEA (Bulatlat.com) Volume VIII, Number 25, July 27-August 2, 2008 Jamil Dionisio has been working as nursing attendant for 15 years at the Lung Center…