Tag: wage hike

Food inflation worst this year; hits poor Filipinos hardest amid low wages

Agosto 7, 2024

Unabated inflation further burdens Filipinos who have been struggling to cope with high prices amid stagnated wages and persistent poverty.

Minimum wage worth less under Marcos, since peak under Aquino — IBON

Hunyo 24, 2024

NEWS

As the NCR wage board deliberates the petitions of various labor groups, it needs to be stressed that NCR wages are not keeping up with either inflation or worker productivity.

IBON says of wage hike: “Ang bara ay ang di pag-suporta ng pangulo”

Mayo 9, 2024

The proposed wage bills in Congress to various degrees bring wages closer to the family living wage, which corrects years of meager wage increases that have lagged behind profits, productivity and inflation.

Php663 wage hike needed to reach Php1,207 average family living wage

Mayo 4, 2024

A meaningful wage hike is urgent for nominal wages to keep up with the rising cost of living. Raising the minimum wage to a living wage corrects decades of injustice where workers create huge profits for employers but receive meager wages.

50-50 split between profits and workers’ wages more than fair — IBON

Mayo 1, 2024

Raising the minimum wage to a living wage corrects decades of injustice where workers create huge profits for employers but receive meager wages.

Top 10 Billionaires’ wealth grows three times faster than workers’ wages

Abril 4, 2024

The combined net worth of the 10 richest Filipinos grew by 20% from Php1.9 trillion to Php2.3 trillion in 2024. This was concentrated in the 3 richest billionaires whose wealth grew almost four times as much as the others in the Top 10.