The wage debate

There’s a raging debate now about the recent passage by Congress of a 125-peso across-the-board salary increase. On the one hand, workers and unionists insist that this increase, such as it is, is long overdue. On the other hand, businesses have denounced the increase as not only a product of political posturing by congressmen (to curry favor from the public in this year’s election) but also harmful to the economy in the long run.

We revisit some of our stories on this issue.

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One Comment to “The wage debate”

1. Promdi — Philippine politics, current affairs, society and culture » Crush ‘em! says:

   January 5, 2007 at 10:42 am

   [...] Meanwhile, issues such as better wages continue to get waylaid by various interests, thus fueling the discontent among the people. [...]