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PIMENTEL BACKS WAGE HIKE BILLS

Senate Minority Leader Koko Pimentel III said on Labor Day that it is about time that Congress enacts a legislated wage hike as he threw his support behind a slew of proposed legislation at the Upper Chamber seeking to raise the minimum wage hike in the country. This as the Senate chief fiscalizer advised the […]

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150 TOURISM WORKERS VACCINATED ON LABOR DAY – DOT

Some 150 frontline personnel of quarantine hotels were among the hundreds of workers who were vaccinated against COVID-19 in the symbolic vaccination of laborers that is part of the government’s celebration of Labor Day. The Department of Tourism (DOT) said the vaccination of these tourism frontliners is part of the preparation for the next phase […]

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GIVE HEALTH WORKERS LABOR DAY PERKS – VILLANUEVA

Whatever worker benefits the government will unveil on Labor Day should include a package for those working in the healthcare sector, Senator Joel Villanueva stressed. “Given today’s circumstances, I think that should be a major plank of the traditional May 1 announcement by Malacanang,” said Villanueva, chair of the Senate labor committee. The veteran legislator […]

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GIVE WORKERS COVID VAX ON LABOR DAY – VILLANUEVA

If the government wants to relax quarantine restrictions further and inject life back to the sputtering economy, then it must speed up the vaccination of essential workers in Mega Manila, which accounts for about two-thirds of the country’s economic output, Senator Joel Villanueva said. “Kung nais pong ipagpatuloy ang pagluluwag ng lockdown sa ‘NCR Plus,’ […]

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The Best Way to Commemorate Labor Day is to Protect Workers’ Rights – PIMENTEL

  “The best way to commemorate Labor Day is to continue to work to protect the welfare of the Filipino Worker, who continues to be denied rights guaranteed by our Constitution.” This according to Senate President Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III, who on Labor Day reiterated the need to pass a law strengthening the prohibition against […]