One of the oldest and biggest labor organizations in the country on Sunday offered two solutions to the Social Security System (SSS) pension hike controversy to help solve retired workers’ problems despite President Benigno Aquino 3rd’s rejection of a P2,000 pension increase.

Sonny Matula, president of the Federation of Free Workers (FFW), on Sunday said Labor Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz should convene the National Tripartite Industrial Peace Council (NTIPC) to discuss the pension hike in a national dialogue of workers, employers and government representatives for the benefit of around 1.8 million SSS pensioners.

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