28/01/2026
TUCP MULING HINIHILING KAY BBM NA AGARANG ISERTIPIKA ANG P200 DAGDAG-SAHOD SA GITNA NG LUMALALANG KAGUTUMAN
https://journalnews.com.ph/p200-daily-wage-hike-pressed/
THE Trade Union Congress of the Philippines reiterated its call to President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. to immediately certify as urgent the P200 legislated daily wage increase.
The TUCP made the call again following the latest Social Weather Stations survey that shows that 20.1 percent of Filipino families experienced involuntary hunger.
“Mr. President, one in every five Filipino families are hungry: walang makain. Habang ang pamahalaan ay walang katapusang nag-aalinlangan, patuloy na nagugutom ang taumbayan. Hindi kakulangan sa pag-aaral ang pumipigil sa P200 dagdag-sahod na makaaahon sa manggagawa mula sa kahirapan, kundi kakulangan sa paninindigan. Habang kayo’y nagdedebate sa trilyong utang at nakawan, ang manggagawa ay nagdedebate kung kakain pa ba o mag-aaral pa ba ang kaniyang anak, dahil barya lamang ang kanyang sweldo pati umento,” it said.
The legislated wage hike was already passed in both the House and Senate during the 19th Congress only to be derailed by the business-as-usual obstruction of the employer groups and your economic managers.
“Mr. President, tutukan na natin ang dagdag-sweldo bago tuluyang mawalan ng laman ang tiyan ng ating mga kababayan at bago tuluyang mawalan ng tiwala ang mamamayan sa pamahalaan,” TUCP Party-list Representative and House Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza said.
Mendoza authored House Bill 88 for the P200 daily minimum wage increase which has been pending in the House Committee on Labor and Employment since 29 July 2025.
“Mr. President, we challenge your economic managers and the employer groups to face workers in a genuine tripartite conference and, once and for all, define what a living wage truly is and how much it actually costs so we can finally lay down a clear, time-bound roadmap of substantial wage increases toward living wages. Ang nakabubuhay na sweldo ay hindi basta pangarap o panaginip lamang. Ito ay panata at pananagutan ng pamahalaang pinagkatiwalaan ng sambayanan. Mr. President, piliin ninyong makinig sa nagugutom na manggagawa kaysa manatiling bihag ng mga economic managers na nagsisilbing tagapagtanggol ng luho ng negosyo laban sa kagutuman ng bayan. Ito ay usapin ng konsensya at umaasa kaming mayroon pa sila nito,” Mendoza said.
https://journalnews.com.ph/p200-daily-wage-hike-pressed/
