Labor bloc seeks govt subsidy for workers

THE country’s biggest confederation of worker groups has expressed confidence that the labor sector would be better off under the administration of incoming President Rodrigo Duterte after years of neglect from past and present leaders.

The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP), through spokesman Alan Tanjusay, on Sunday said it is planning to seek a conditional cash transfer-like subsidy for workers to cope with rising cost of living, among other measures, that would improve the living conditions of minimum wage earners.