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Philippines’ record capital wage rise leaves workers hungry for more
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In the Philippine capital, 85 pesos (US$1.40) is barely enough to buy a meal for one, let alone a family of five. Yet that modest sum, roughly the price of 1½kg of premium imported rice, is the largest single wage increase ever approved for Metro Manila’s minimum-wage earners. The government called it “historic”.
In the Philippine capital, 85 pesos (US$1.40) is barely enough to buy a meal for one, let alone a family of five.
Yet that modest sum, roughly the price of 1½kg of premium imported rice, is the largest single wage increase ever approved for Metro Manila’s minimum-wage earners.
The government called it “historic”. Labour groups called it an insult.
The increase, to be rolled out in two stages, was confirmed by the Department of Labour and Employment on Tuesday.
Non-agricultural workers will see...
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