HINIMOK ni Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri si Pangulong Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. na ikonsidera ang panukalang ipinasa ng Senado na P100 Daily Minimum Wage Increase Act.
Sinabi ni Zubiri na ang isinabatas na minimum wage hike ay ang “pinakamagandang regalo na maibibigay ng Pangulo sa lahat ng ating mga manggagawa.”
“I am one with our President in calling for the Regional Tripartite Wage and Productivity Boards to do a regular review of our minimum wages and for the National Wages and Productivity Commission to ensure that the boards do so,” anang Senate President.
“In tandem with this, I also urgently appeal to our President to consider Senate Bill No. 2534, or the P100 Daily Minimum Wage Increase Act, which will be a massive step toward giving our hardworking laborers the living wages that they deserve. Perhaps it can even be certified as urgent, given the continued spike in the prices of goods owing to inflation.”
Ang nasabing panukala ay inaprubahan sa Senado sa ikatlo at huling pagbasa noong Pebrero, at ngayon ay nakabinbin sa Kamara.
Si Zubiri ang pangunahing may-akda ng minimum wage increase bill.
Hinihintay rin nito na maipasa sa Kamara ang counterpart bill nito.
“All we need is the House counterpart measure, and this will be immediately felt across the sector.”
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