THE Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has started public consultations on the proposal to increase the minimum wage in the National Capital Region (NCR) by P184.

The Associated Labor Unions (ALU) that filed the petition claimed that the purchasing power of the present P491 daily minimum pay for NCR workers has sunk to P357, the lowest in three years.

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