There’s money for bigger Bayanihan 3: Economic managers just refusing to give more — IBON
IBON said that the Php1,000 emergency assistance given twice to each Filipino during the pandemic will mean that the average family in the badly-hit National Capital Region (NCR) will just get the equivalent of around half of the monthly minimum wage.
On World Teachers’ Day, mentors reject 2k salary increase proposal
“We reject the P2,000 increase proposed in Congress as it insults our dignity as teachers. We deserve a substantial salary increase for us to live decently and with dignity and self-respect,” ACT Teachers Union Region III president Romly Clemente said.
Teachers commemorate World Teachers’ Day with protests
Teachers from different schools in Metro Manila marched to Mendiola last Friday in Manila to commemorate World Teachers’ Day with a protest rally. Led by the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) and ACT Teachers Party, they staged a National Day of Action for salary increase and against TRAIN Law of the Duterte Government. Similar protests […]
Amid price hikes: Minimum wage insufficient vs. rising family cost of living — IBON
The onslaught of price hikes since early this year has made the mandated minimum wage in the National Capital Region (NCR) even more inadequate for millions of Filipino workers to decently support their families, said research group IBON. IBON computations show that the NCR nominal minimum wage still falls considerably short of the rising family […]