Labor groups on Thursday asked the Supreme Court (SC) to declare unconstitutional Republic Act (RA) 6727, or the Wage Rationalization Act of 1989.

In a 35-page petition, former party-list Rep. Walden Bello, along with Ugnayan ng Maralita Laban sa Kahirapan (Umalab Ka), National Federation of Labor (NFL), Solidarity of Independent and General Labor Organizations (SIGLO) and individual petitioners Froilan Caratihan, Rusty dela Cruz, Emmanuel Cavanas and Shiela Baylosis claimed that RA 6727 violates the Constitution.

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