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Malacañang said the announcement of a P85 increase in the daily minimum wage was not connected to the staging of a surprise rally by members of the Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC) along EDSA. (Video courtesy of RTVM via Betheena Unite | MB)

READ: https://mb.com.ph/2026/06/30/palace-no-link-between-wage-hike-inc-surprise-rally


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00:00Yusek, doon sa 85 pesos na wage increase, kailan po ito napirmahan?
00:10Hindi ko po nakuha ang dokumento. Yan po ay ibinigay lang sa akin bilang good news.
00:15So, hingin ko na lang po yung dokumento at bibigyan ko kayo.
00:17Kasi po, based on the comment sa social media, yung timing po is in-announce ngayon
00:24sa kabila ng pagkakagulo sa Edsa Shrine.
00:30Kung in-announce po ito ngayon, ibig sabihin way back, nakadraft na siya.
00:36So, ibig sabihin way back, a month, ay napag-aralan po ito.
00:40Kasi hindi po ito gagawin lang ni Labor Secretary Talentino.
00:45Kasi ito ay pinag-uusapan.
00:48Kaya nga po, Regional Tripartite Productivity Wages Board.
00:53Kasi, grupo po ito na silang mag-de-design.
00:58So, huwag nilang bigyan ng malisya kung ngayon in-announce.
01:03Kasi, meron mga mamabatas humihiling na itaas ang sweldo.
01:08Diba?
01:09Pag ngayon, binigay at itinaas ang sweldo, sasabihin nila, tinatiming.
01:14So, hindi na natin alam kung saan tayo pupunta.
01:17Hindi yung TUCP po, yung Trade Union Congress of the Philippines na humihiling na dapat daw ay 200 yung taas
01:24na sahod.
01:25At sinasabi yung 85 minimum wage increase, and I quote,
01:29The increase is not only grossly inadequate in the face of the collapse in workers' purchasing power, but will even
01:37be released in tranches, forcing workers to wait months before receiving the full amount.
01:45So, tayo naman po ay kumikilala sa kalagayan ng ating mga magagawa, pero binabalansin rin po ito sa kakayahan ng
01:56ating mga employers.
01:57Mahira po na magbigay bigla ng malaking sweldo, tapos hindi rin kakayanin na employers, maglay-lay off na employees, mas
02:07mawawala ng trabaho ang iba natin mga kababayan.
02:09Mas maraming magkakaroon ng unemployment. Unemployment rate ay tataas na naman.
02:14At yung inihingi nila na minimum wage, ito naman po ay trabaho na ng kongreso.
02:23So, sa atin po kung ano lang po ang nakikita at na-assess ng Regional Tripartite Productivity and Wages Board,
02:33yan po ang ibinibigay.
02:39So, sa atin po ang ibinibigay.
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