SunStar Labor: Wage hike in Western Visayas an upheaval battle
NEGROS. Leaders of various labor groups in Negros Occidental hold copies of the Labor Manifesto of Solidarity during the press conference at the Negros Press Club Building in Bacolod City in commemoration of the International Labor Day on Saturday, May 1, 2021. (Erwin P. Nicavera)
+ May 03, 2021 AS THEY marked the celebration of International Labor Day on May 1, local labor leaders have lamented that the call for wage increase for private sector workers in Western Visayas, including Negros Occidental, is an upheaval battle.
Labor representative to the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB)-Western Visayas Wennie Sancho, during the press conference at the Negros Press Club Building in Bacolod City in commemoration of the International Labor Day on Saturday, May 1, said salary hike for minimum wage earners in the region remains dim.
April 25, 2021 THE Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) in Western Visayas will initiate action on wage determination by motu proprio, one of its members said.
Wennie Sancho, labor representative to the RTWPB-Western Visayas, said the move is backed by a resolution unanimously approved by the Board during its regular meeting on April 23.
Sancho said it must be recalled that in their last April 8 meeting, the two management representatives, Luis Estrella and Reynaldo Ambao, manifested their disapproval of the manifestation of the labor sector for a P20 to P25 per day Pandemic Emergency Relief Allowance (Pera) as an immediate economic relief amid the pandemic.