{"id":238387,"date":"2019-11-25T20:13:50","date_gmt":"2019-11-26T01:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=238387"},"modified":"2019-11-25T20:13:50","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T01:13:50","slug":"group-files-p213-wage-hike-for-minimum-earners-in-ncr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/11\/25\/group-files-p213-wage-hike-for-minimum-earners-in-ncr\/","title":{"rendered":"Group files P213 wage hike for minimum earners in NCR"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_235029\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-235029\" style=\"width: 415px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/factory-workers_5b150d50dfd5c5_16164152.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-235029\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/factory-workers_5b150d50dfd5c5_16164152.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"415\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/factory-workers_5b150d50dfd5c5_16164152.jpg 415w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/factory-workers_5b150d50dfd5c5_16164152-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-235029\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The minimum wage in NCR is now at PHP537 after a PHP25 basic pay increase and an additional PHP10 daily allowance granted on November 22, 2018. (PNA file photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; A group of workers on Monday filed a petition before the Regional Tripartite Wage Board (RTWB) seeking an additional PHP213 in daily wages of minimum wage earners in the National Capital Region.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Unity for Wage Increase (or U-WIN), they are asking for a salary increase since the current regional minimum wage is a far cry from the PHP1,008 cost of living for a family of five.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we are asking is a mere relief for the Filipino workers and their families; only to avail at least 75 percent of the daily cost of living. It is not even commensurate to our labor productivity,\u201d said Charlito Arevalo, spokesperson for the U-WIN in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The minimum wage in NCR is now at PHP537 after a PHP25 basic pay increase and an additional PHP10 daily allowance granted on November 22, 2018.<\/p>\n<p>In their petition, the group pegged the monthly cost of a family\u2019s expenses on food, housing, utilities and some medical expenses at PHP19,400.<\/p>\n<p>The petitioners added that last year\u2019s PHP25 wage hike or a 4.9 percent increase from previous levels did not even make up for the 5.5 percent inflation in Metro Manila for 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; A group of workers on Monday filed a petition before the Regional Tripartite Wage Board (RTWB) seeking an additional &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":235029,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-238387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-ferdinand-patinio","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238387"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238387\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":238388,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238387\/revisions\/238388"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/235029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}