WAGE HIKE - P100

[darkwing]

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i dont think this is possible to happen.....pwede cguro 50 pesos....pero 100 OMG!!!! murag lisod jud!

ok ra ni nga increase para sa mga nag trabaho sa industry.....pero kanang naa sa academe....huh pwerte lisura!

lisod kaayo ni sa industry, murag dako ra kaayo ang 100, even if we wanted this to happen...

[unofficialplayer]

Maliapay si Jored anang 100. manira man ang mga kompaniya. . . Unya daghan ma lay off. . .magkagubot dayun. . . enter Jored and his murderous NPA's.

Kung kana man lang ang mahitabo -- daghan ma lay off, magclose ang mga kompanya -- ayaw nalang. Bahala nag gamay ang sweldo basta naay trabaho. Grabe kapait kung way madawat sa kinsenas.

[dairyman]

Employers open to P30 wage hike
Offer way below labor demand


Posted 00:11am (Mla time) May 03, 2005
By Gil C. Cabacungan Jr., Jerome Aning, Philip Tubeza
Inquirer News Service





Editor's Note: Published on page A1 of the May 3, 2005 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer


A KILO of the cheapest rice and a can of sardines.

These are what workers can buy with the pay increase that employers are willing to give following President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's order on Labor Day to raise the minimum wage in 30 days.

An official of a major business organization, who requested anonymity, said businesses were willing to raise the minimum wage by P25 to P30 a day, equivalent to 8.3 to 10 percent of the current minimum pay of P300 in Metro Manila.

But the official said any amount bigger than this would force businesses to scale down or stop operations.

He said the P25-P30 wage increase was halfway between the P15 offered by capitalists and the P50 demanded by Ms Arroyo during their various meetings a few weeks before Labor Day.

The P25-P30 wage increase offered by employers, however, was considerably lower than the P78 across-the-board increase being sought by the moderate Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) and the P125 demanded
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by the militant Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU).

Workers have been clamoring for higher wages amid the unabated rise in fuel prices and the resulting increases in the prices of basic goods and services.

The minimum wage of P300 a day in Metro Manila is already way below the P663 family living wage for March estimated by the National Wages and Productivity Commission (NWPC). The estimated living wage applies to a family of six, according to the NWPC.

Outside the metropolis, the minimum wage ranges from P159 to P250 a day.

Businessmen interviewed by the Inquirer supported the President's order for an increase in the minimum wage to enable the masses to cope with the rising cost of goods and services.

Francis Chua, president of the Federation of Filipino-Chinese Chambers of Commerce Inc., said that while not all businesses could afford the wage increase, "it is about time that businessmen consider seriously the hardship of their workers and help them cope with the high cost of living."

Sergio Ortiz-Luis, Philippine Exporters Confederation president, said Ms Arroyo's initiative to provide relief to workers was timely considering that most Filipinos could not cope with the surging prices.

"We don't think it's interference on her part. She [the President] has the right to use moral suasion in this case," Ortiz Luis said.

Pathetic

In the House of Representatives, Bayan Muna party-list Representative Satur Ocampo was unhappy with Ms Arroyo's order to regional wage boards to increase the minimum wage by the end of the month.

He described the order as "pathetic and destabilizing."

Ocampo said the President's order would not quell increasing labor unrest because wage boards had historically recommended "pitifully low" wage increases.

"She is really asking for it. She never fails to ram policies like very low wage rates and very high labor flexibility into the throats of the poor. That is why the people's dissatisfaction runs deeper than ever," Ocampo said.

He urged Congress to pass a P125 across-the-board wage increase.

House Majority Leader Prospero Nograles, however, said that if a wage increase was legislated, it would be lower than the P125.

Bayan Muna and its allied militant party-list groups, Anakpawis and Gabriela, have been pushing for a legislated P125 across-the-board daily wage increase since 2001.

Besides a P125 increase in the minimum wage, House Bill No. 345 seeks a salary increase of P3,000 a month for all government workers.

Balance

Administration lawmakers lauded the President's order.

Representatives Ernesto "Bansai" Nieva (LP, Manila) and Marcelino Libanan (Lakas, Eastern Samar) said that contrary to claims by the President's critics, the government "recognized the fact that the present minimum wage must be adjusted to reflect the higher cost of living."

Nieva said the President acted on the workers' pleas for a wage adjustment but took into consideration the capability of employers to comply with the increase.

"The President's decision setting a time frame for the wage hike is the best way to give relief while protecting business and job opportunities," he said.

Libanan warned that a big wage increase could spell doom for the economy.

Unemployed

"The President's decision was timely, necessary and lawful. She had to balance the interest of our workers and the effect of a wage hike on present jobs. A wage hike will be useless if businesses will shut down," he said.

During the hearings for the proposed P125 wage increase in January, the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) and the NWPC said workers' woes would be better alleviated by bringing down the cost of living through price monitoring and jobs creation.

The labor department and the NWPC cited projections by the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) that the P125 increase, if approved, would increase the number of unemployed this year by 2.56 million and raise the inflation rate to 13.4 percent from 5.5 percent last year.

The DoLE yesterday said it would hold a series of public hearings on how much the wage adjustment would be for workers.

Secretary Patricia Sto. Tomas urged all interested parties to attend the hearings.

"Anyone in the community can attend," she said in a radio interview. She said the amount of adjustment would vary for each region and should take effect on or before June 1.

Sto. Tomas, however, could not say how much of an increase the workers could hope for, or what the range of such an increase would be, in regions such as Metro Manila or Central Visayas.

The labor chief said the amount would depend on the outcome of the hearings. Both the labor and employers' groups, as well as economic planners, would be consulted before any final recommendation is made, she said.

Also, some of the wage boards may finish ahead of the President's deadline and announce the adjustments before the month ends, Sto. Tomas said.

With a report from Christine O. Avendaño


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[sugang_dagitabnon]

Unsa pasabot sa "across-the-board daily wage increase"?
Apil ba tanan employee ani bisan dagko nag sweldo or above minimum ang wage?
Ngutana lang ko kay wa ko kasabot.

[dj_sigbin]

imho... wages should not be legislated nor imposed thru presidential proclamation. Let market forces determine wages..... Ang sweldo sa kada tao mag agad unta sa iyang abilidad, ka lantip sa pangutok, pagkaproduktibo sa pagtrabaho ug ang iyang total nga contribusyon sa kinatibuk-an nga paglambo so negosyo. Legislative and presidential action granting across the board increases is in my opinion, punishing the star performers and rewarding the inefficient & unproductive workers....

[oliver_g0110]

I DO believed that.... once musaka ang atong sweldo mas taas pa maybe additional 175pesos increase kay mao ni makasulbad sa kadaghanang problema sa Pilipinas! Once musaka atong salary bai mosaka sad atong Garbo (positive way) sa atong kaugalingon og sa atong country. Lahi na atong panan aw sa Pilipinas dili na murag uyamot tan awon. Masulbad hinay hinay ang poverty problem and crime problem kay arang arang naman atong kahimotang.

Kanang ilang gikahadlokan nga daghan manira nga mga companiya... kana wala kasabot ang mga business man nga kung if ever taas ang sweldo sa mga taw modaghan sad ilang pamaliton which is mobalik ra ghapon na nila! Kung maghuna2 lang sila sa ilang bulsa unya gamay kaayo ilang sweldo... gamay ra jud ang atong paglambo ani bai. Kadaghanan bitaw ngano molarga ang mga Filipino sa gawas kay GAMAY TAG SWELDO! Mao nang gawas nalang sila...naa pa gani nga doctors mag nurse nalang kay masdako pagchance makagawas unya dako pagkita kaysa mga doctors dri sa Pilipinas!

Sa atong tan aw murag impossible or dako ra kaayo ang increase nga atong gipangayo pero sa inyong tan aw bai... kung buot huna hunaon... we deserved to have that kind of OPPORTUNITY! Let's take for example sa US sa akong nahibaw an nga ang ilang minimum rate daw nila kay $5/hour unya ang ilang presyo sa gasolina kay P 34/liter compared sa atoa nga P32/ liter gamay nalag diperensya pero dili nila ma feel didto kay mas dako man silag sweldo! Sa atoa kay bug at ra kaayo! Ang mga housemaid gani murag mahulog gani og MODERN DAY SLAVERY kay usahay ang ilang mga sweldo from 1000 - 2000 / month, grabeh na pud!

Dapat makasabot ta ani bai unya dapat mo adapt jud ta sa changes kay kung dili gani ni mochange atong mind set unya dili sad ta MAKIGBISOG sa atong RIGHTS!... wala jud tay ayo unya wala jud tay padulngan! Magmaintain lang japon ta og ingon ani. Ingon ani lang gihapon atong status sa Pilipinas! Daghan kaayo tag resources pero wala ta nadato kay tungod sa atong systema og mentalidad sa atong usat usa nga mao ra gihapon!

KINAHANGLAN OG DAKO NGA CHANGES BAI!!! Kinahanglan dili lang ta motando sa unsay ilang ganahan!!!! Magpunay lang ta ani!!! Hope nakasabot mo sa akong pasabot mga pare....

Salamat....

[dawn runner]

Maayo imo observation bay. The more people will spend the better for the economy.

Ang problema karun bay kay WEAK man ni atong Presidente. Naa man ni utang kabubut-on sa mga negosyante kay nitabang baya ug gasto sa eleksyon. Usa lang ka hunghong sa mga negosyante bay wa na atras dayun ni si GMA.

Mas iya man palabihun ang mga negosyante kay sa katawhan nga naglisud.

[oliver_g0110]

Sa kani nga issue I think, ang atong fate sa salary increase kay magdepende sa decision sa goberno!

WAH! mao sad dako pud og UTANG KABUBOT ON pud diay atong Presidente!

Susss kung mao na unsaon nalang atong STRONG REPUBLIC kung WEAK diay sya!

Bai makig bisog jud ani btaw bai.... ako wala naman ko nagwork ron pero ganahan ko nga TAAS OG SWELDO ang mga FILIPINO!!!! daghan kaayo jud mahitabo nga maayo kung taas atong sweldo!!!

I'm doing this in my own little way.... dri ko nakigbisog una sa mga taga ISTORYANS! Unya hinay2 kog makigbisog sa uban.... Hope hinay2 sad mo dra...

Don't get me wrong mga pre....dili ko member sa mga activists, sa mga groupo, og bisag unsa nga mga party list dra.... kay usahay ang mga taw sa gobyerno mapul an nag paminaw sa kaning mga tawhana!

Dapat mobarog ta as individual jud.... tagsa tagsa ta makigbisog aron mapakita nato nga KLARO atong MOTIBO!

Hahay... subo pud ani palandungon oi...

[darkwing]

Unsa pasabot sa "across-the-board daily wage increase"?
Apil ba tanan employee ani bisan dagko nag sweldo or above minimum ang wage?
Ngutana lang ko kay wa ko kasabot.

If across the board ang increase meaing, all workers, regardless minimum ka or dili, will get that amount, katong P100 ni gloria increase rato sa mga minimum wage earners...

[tolstoi]

i'll commend GMA if this wage hike will push through in JUNE 1, 30 days after her announcement....we'll just wait and see..

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb....deadline.html