00:00House Speaker Martin Romualdez says that the lower house will expedite the approval of a proposed wage hike.
00:06House leaders met with several labor leaders and groups,
00:09including representatives from the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines party list,
00:13Deputy Speaker Raymond Democrito Mendoza.
00:16Their discussion revolved around a measure filed before the Committee on Labor and Employment
00:21for an across-the-board wage increase of 150 pesos to 350 pesos.
00:27The House Speaker says that this consensus is that the wage increase would be around 200 pesos per day.
00:33He assured the public that lawmakers will make sure to take into consideration
00:37the needs of Filipino workers and the state of businesses in the country.
00:41The House Committee on Labor and Employment will continue its discussion on the matter tomorrow.
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