Negros labor group hits W. Visayas wage board over junked pay hike plea

BACOLOD CITY – Negros-based labor organization General Alliance of Workers Associations (GAWA) on Sunday, May 24, expressed dismay over the decision of the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB)-Western Visayas to dismiss a petition seeking a wage increase for all private-sector workers in Western Visayas and Negros Occidental. Wennie Sancho, GAWA secretary general, said the dismissal of the proposed P250 daily wage increase — originally filed by the United Panay Labor Alliance — on what he described as a mere technicality was premature. READ: Wage hike call, anti-NPA rally mark Labor Day in Bacolod Sancho noted that the RTWPB-Western […]...

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