Ben D. Kritz
Ben D. Kritz

DESPITE the absolute lack of any evidence whatsoever that such demonstrations elicit any sort of public or institutional sympathy – not to mention the lack of common sense manifested in doing it during a potentially deadly heatwave – the usual coalition of left-leaning labor advocacy groups took to the streets on Thursday to demand the government raise the minimum wage. The amount the labor activists feel would be appropriate changes from one protest gathering to the next; this time, the demand was for an additional P154 per day, a 33 percent increase for workers in Metro Manila, where the minimum wage is now P466 per day after a P15 cost of living adjustment was implemented earlier this month.

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