TUCP to file P200 minimum wage hike petition in Central Visayas

The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) is set to file on Monday a petition seeking to increase the minimum wage in Central Visayas, as part of its efforts to hike pays in most regions of the country.

According to TUCP Vice President Luis Corral, the TUCP will file a motion to increase the minimum wage in Region 7 by P200 from its current level of P400, but the final petition will still be finalized.

“Ang pag-file ng wage petition ay hindi dahil sa Ukraine-Russia. Hindi po ito dahil lang dun sa pagtaas sa presyo ng krudo na artipisyal na naman nilang ibabagsak next week,” he said in a report on GMA’s “24 Oras Weekend” on Sunday.

“Hindi ibig sabihin na iro-roll back next week na iro-roll back din ang petition,” he continued.

Moving forward, the TUCP said it will file petitions for increases in the minimum wages across nearly all regions in the Philippines.

Domestic prices have been hiked for 11 straight weeks so far, with gasoline up by P7.10 per liter and diesel by P13.15 per liter on Tuesday alone. The Department of Energy (DOE) has maintained that the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine has hit global prices, which in turn impacted domestic prices.

A number of domestic firms have also implemented a temporary rollback, giving a slight reprieve from the successive hikes.

The TUCP last week appealed for a P470 increase in the daily minimum wage in the National Capital Region (NCR) to bring it up to P1,007, citing hunger, malnutrition, and the steep increase in the prices of fuel and other basic goods. —LBG, GMA News