LABOR MEET Workers groups under the All Philippine Trade Unions (APTU), led by Philippine workers' delegates to the International Labor Conference (ILC), hold a joint press conference at the Pandesal Forum in Quezon City on Wednesday, May 24, 2023, on the Philippine labor movement's preparations for the 111th Session of the ILC. PHOTO BY JOHN ORVEN VERDOTE
TWO of the country's biggest labor organizations, the Nagkakaisa Labor Coalition (Nagkaisa) and the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP), on Wednesday called on policymakers and businesses to recognize that investing in workers through higher wages yields significant long-term benefits.