The six percent gross domestic product (GDP) growth last year was not impressive at all as it failed to arrest the inflation rate that resulted in a loss of P116.61 real daily minimum wage of workers in Metro Manila, according to Nagkaisa, an alliance of 49 labor federations in the country.

Data obtained from the National Wages and Productivity Commission (NWPC) showed that Metro Manila workers receive P481 per day, making them the highest paid workers in the country as of 2016.

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