No Labor Day Salary Hike in Bikol
Naga City (April 30, 2011) - Bikol’s Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) will not grant Labor Day salary hike to the private sector workers because no labor group petitioned for it. This was confirmed by RTWPB employers representative Edgardo Navarroza.
The Aquino administration had called for granting salary increase to private sector laborers and Navarroza said that the RTWPB seriously considered the proposal even without any petition from labor groups. “Prices of everything is getting out of reach by ordinary workers and they need salary increases for survival,” Navarroza added.
On the other hand, the absence of aggressive demand for salary increases from labor is a boon to industrial peace in the region. “The economic situation in Bikol cannot even sustain profit for investors. It’s an additional burden for the employers to support any salary hike,” Navarroza said.
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