Filipino workers ask for wage increase, benefits and job security

Workers groups have asked for a minimum monthly salary of P33,000.

Filipino workers are asking for an increase in minimum wage to cope with continued price increase of basic goods. Some groups are asking for a 33,000 Php monthly salary; there are also calls for increased benefits and security of tenure. Credit: pexels-denniz-futalan

Key Points

• Workers around Metro Manila have set up a series of protests calling for increased wages amid continued price increase of basic goods and services.
• The Department of Budget will look into the possibility of another round of salary increase.
• Government employee benefits will be reviewed for the year 2023.

Workers group Confederation for Unity, Recognition and Advancement of Government Employees (COURAGE) has stressed that a “living wage” and “security of tenure” are part of every working person's constitutional rights.