wages

The Family Living Wage as of November 2022
December 6, 2022

Real wages fall as inflation spikes
June 9, 2022
Higher May inflation pushed the real value of wages to even lower levels and is making basic food and transport services even more unaffordable. Inflation far outpaces the outgoing Duterte administration’s wage hikes and wage earners are worse off now than six years ago.

Inflation makes NCR family living wage rise to Php1,087
May 5, 2022
The NCR minimum wage is falling even further behind the FLW and a meaningful increase is more urgent than ever for genuinely inclusive recovery.

Under Duterte: least and lowest wage hikes in 36 years
May 1, 2022
Substantial wage increase should be among the priorities of the next administration.

Wage hike possible with transparency, gov’t support
April 9, 2022
If employers are transparent about their revenues and net incomes this will likely show that large corporations and even many medium enterprises can hike wages with only a small cut on their profits. Government can meanwhile provide wage subsidies and other forms of support to MSMEs who cannot yet afford this.

Wage increase needed to avert only real wage decline in 36 years
April 1, 2022
If the Duterte administration does not give a large wage hike, it will finish its term with the only decline in real wages among all post-Marcos administrations over the past 36 years.

Philippine economy suffered under Marcos
February 26, 2022
The decade 1975-1986 was actually a time of intense social crisis and economic difficulty for most Filipinos.

Under Duterte: Least and lowest wage hikes in 35 years
August 1, 2021

Strong economy? Falling real wages
July 25, 2021
The Philippines’ credit rating by Standard & Poor went up a notch from BBB/ Stable to BBB+ Stable this May, the highest recorded in history. But what use are rising credit ratings if working people still receive paltry wages?