ORGANIZED labor will push for a P157 across-the-board wage increase in the daily take- home pay for workers in the private sector and another P500 monthly cash subsidy from the government to enable workers to cope with widening poverty as inflation continues to reduce purchasing power.

The Associated Labor Unions-Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (ALU-TUCP), through spokesman Alan Tanjusay, on Tuesday said it will file petitions for wage increase before the Regional Tripartite Productivity Wage Board (RTWPB) beginning at the National Capital Region (NCR) or Metro Manila next week.

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