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==Region 12 labor groups seek more ‘substantial’ wage hike== | |||
*Source: http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=423207 | |||
*Tuesday May 1, 2012 | |||
:By (PNA) | |||
LDV/AVE/RSS | |||
GENERAL SANTOS CITY, May 1 (PNA) – Labor groups in Region 12 or the Soccsksargen Region called on the national government Tuesday to move for a more substantial wage increase and scrap the regional wage board in the region. | |||
Hundreds of private workers belonging to organized labor unions in the region issued such call as they staged protest actions here and in other key cities in the area in commemoration of the 110th International Labor Day. | |||
Adelaida Segumpan, Kilusang Mayong Uno (KMU) spokesperson in Region 12, noted the “heaven and earth” disparity between the daily minimum wage rate and the estimated cost of living level in the area. | |||
She said that while private sector workers get a minimum daily pay of up to P270, the daily cost of living for a family to live decently should not be less than P700. | |||
“What the workers needed now is substantial wage increase in order for us to cope up with the skyrocketing prices of petroleum products, basic commodities and services,” Segumpan said. | |||
She described the recently approved P10 to P14 daily wage increase in the region “as a meager amount meant to pacify workers’ wrath against the callousness of the Aquino administration.” | |||
Ryan Lariba, spokesperson of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan, said they are pushing for the abolition of the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board as it supposedly serves more the concerns of the employers and not the workers. | |||
“The wage board [has] become the mouthpiece of big businesses,” he said. | |||
Region 12 covers the provinces of South Cotabato, North Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat and Sarangani and the cities of General Santos, Koronadal, Tacurong, Kidapawan and Cotabato. | |||
Meantime, thousands of jobseekers trooped to the three regional jobs fair organized by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Region 12. | |||
Chona Mantilla, DOLE-12 regional director, said the three jobs fair opened smoothly and they expect that more local job seekers will be hired on-the-spot in today’s activities. | |||
The job fairs were done simultaneously at the KCC Mall here, Southseas Mall in Cotabato City and the city gymnasium in Kidapawan City. | |||
“We’re targeting at least 15 percent of our job seekers to be hired on-the-spot,” Mantilla said. | |||
She added that DOLE and its attached agencies are continually working to protect the rights and welfare of private workers in the region. | |||
==14,000 jobs at stake in three Labor Day jobs fair in Region 12== | ==14,000 jobs at stake in three Labor Day jobs fair in Region 12== | ||
*Source: http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=422981 | *Source: http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=422981 | ||
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Milan said they are currently assisting the initial job seekers who have registered at their office come up with some of the requirements to increase their chances of getting hired “on-the-spot” during the jobs fair. | Milan said they are currently assisting the initial job seekers who have registered at their office come up with some of the requirements to increase their chances of getting hired “on-the-spot” during the jobs fair. | ||
==PNP-12 initiates SWAT competition== | ==PNP-12 initiates SWAT competition== | ||