P150 umento sa sahod sa private sector, iginiit

DAHIL sa sobrang mahal ng mga bilihin, isinulong sa Kamara ang Wage Recovery Act of 2023 na naglalayong ipatupad ang across the board wage recovery na P150 umento sa arawang sahod ng private sector employees.

Sa House Bill (HB) No. 7871 ni Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) Party-list Representative at House Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito Mendoza, inihirit nito na mabigyan ng P150 umento sa arawang sahod ng mga manggagawa sa pribadong sektor sa buong bansa.

“Workers can no longer afford to wait for the regional wage boards to act. Since late last year, TUCP was already calling on the wage boards to address the steady decline in the real value of wages due to surging inflation but TUCP’s call fell on deaf ears. Unfortunately, it seems that workers will be left with an empty bag as the wage boardsare taking their sweet time in the face of ­increasing hunger,” ayon kay Mendoza.

“The TUCP also ­recommended win-win policy solutions for workers and emplo­yers, such as the provision by employers to their workers of cost-of-living allowances that could be used as a tax credit by the business ­owners, or a one-time, big-time P5,000 subsidy from government for minimum and near-minimum wage earners”, ani Mendoza.

Gayunman, ayon sa solon tinanggihan ng mga economic mana­gers ang nasabing o­psiyon na kung tutuusin niya ay ‘survival crisis’ para sa milyong mga manggagawa  na nagbunsod aniya sa TUCP para ihain ang nasabing panukalang batas.

Binigyang diin ng mambabatas na lubhang kinakailangan na ang pagsasabatas sa umento sa sahod sa pribadong sektor sa gitna na rin ng tumataas na presyo ng pagkain, petrolyo at maging sa bayarin.