Advocacies
Capitalists are inflationary, not wage hikes for workers
April 5, 2024
COMMENTARY
Employers can afford big wage hikes. Instead of protecting profits, the government should be doing everything it can to raise wages which will be good for workers, their families and the economy.
Now is the worst time to change the Constitution
March 13, 2024
Economic Cha-cha is just a trojan horse to get a charter change process going. The real intent is to change the political provisions to keep the Marcos-Romualdez clan in power.
1.4M jobs loss stresses need to strengthen local agri, Filipino industries – IBON
March 9, 2024
The drop in employed persons, combined with the phenomenal decrease in labor force participants and the swelling number of those not in the labor force, indicates a growing number of discouraged Filipino workers.
Stagnant Real Wages, More Expensive Food
March 6, 2024
NCR Family Living Wage, as of February 2024
March 6, 2024
Rice inflation highest in 15 years, shows gov’t failing to manage inflation — IBON
March 5, 2024
The uptick in February headline inflation, pushed by the rapid increase in rice prices, shows that the Marcos administration’s so-called measures to tame inflation are not working.
IBON stresses to solons: An across-the-board minimum wage hike is urgent, just, doable
February 28, 2024
In a House deliberation on wage hike proposals, research group IBON executive director Sonny Africa stressed that there is no reason not to give any of the wage hikes currently proposed by different legislation.
Wage hikes won’t slow down growth
February 28, 2024
