The minimum wage for Metro Cebu workers is not enough to purchase the daily needs of a family of five, according to the Partido ng Manggagawa (PM).

“The wage board must be joking if it thinks it can dupe workers with an exclusionary and measly pay increase. It is an insult to the groups ALU and Living Wage Coalition which petitioned for P92 and P145 wage increases respectively,” said Dennis Derige, PM-Cebu spokesperson, in a statement.

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