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Bansa

P125 wage hike isabatas na!

Angie dela Cruz - Pilipino Star Ngayon

MANILA, Philippines - Muling umapela ang Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) sa mga mambabatas sa Kamara na bigyan daan ang pagpasa ng House Bill 375 o P125 Wage Hike Bill sa pagbubukas ng bagong sesyon ng Kongreso.

Binigyang diin ng KMU na napapanahon na mai­patupad ang P125 across-the-board legislated wage hike upang matugunan ng mamamayan ang tumataas ng kagutuman sa bansa.

Sinasabi ng Social Weather Stations survey na umaabot na sa 3.9 milyon ang bilang ng mga pamilya ang nagugutom sa unang kuarter ng taong ito.

“As Aquino boasts of economic growth, pover­ty and hunger among us workers worsens. On this year’s Labor Day, Aquino again denied workers of a significant wage hike while allowed 354 schools to increase their tuition fees. How could we afford to send our children to school with the present minimum wage?,” paha­yag ni Leandro “Ka Doods” Gerodias, deputy secretary general ng KMU .

Ayon kay Gerodias, bagamat may ulat na tumaas sa 7.8 percent ang Gross Domestic Pro­duct sa unang quarter ng 2013 ay hindi naman ito na­ngangahulugan ng dagdag na trabaho, maayos na pamumuhay ng mga Pilipino at dagdag na serbisyo publiko.

“We demand that our congressmen, especially those who ran for re-elections, keep true to their campaign promises and heed our workers’ demands for a P125 wage hike. It would be hypocritical for them to promise heaven in their campaign slogans, but give us hell after being elected,” dagdag ni Gerodias.

AS AQUINO

GERODIAS

GROSS DOMESTIC PRO

HOUSE BILL

KA DOODS

KILUSANG MAYO UNO

LABOR DAY

SOCIAL WEATHER STATIONS

WAGE HIKE BILL

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