Cop hurt in Labor Day rally in Mendiola; workers push for P200 wage hike
Manila Bulletin
|May 2, 2025
Members of the National Wage Coalition (NWC), which consists of the biggest labor groups in the country including KMU, Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino (BMP), Nagkaisa Labor Coalition, and Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP), marched along España Boulevard going to Mendiola to stage their protests.
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The Manila Police District (MPD) said around 1,500 individuals joined the protests in Manila on May 1.
P200 wage hike, end to 'endo'
Militant groups and labor organizations rallied in Metro Manila on Labor Day and urged the national government to certify the proposed P200 wage hike bill as urgent.
The House of Representatives has already approved on second reading House Bill No. 11376, a measure requiring all private sector employers, regardless of size, to provide workers with a P200 daily wage increase.
यह कहानी Manila Bulletin के May 2, 2025 संस्करण से ली गई है।
हजारों चुनिंदा प्रीमियम कहानियों और 10,000 से अधिक पत्रिकाओं और समाचार पत्रों तक पहुंचने के लिए मैगज़्टर गोल्ड की सदस्यता लें।
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