Some may call me anti-labor but I don’t believe the time is ripe for a legislated wage hike of P135 a day, not at this time when unemployment is worsening.

The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) headed by former Sen. Ernesto Herrera, noted that the unemployment rate has increased from 7 percent in July 2010 to 7.5 percent as of January 2014.

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