Sotto supports call to raise NCR minimum wage to P1,000

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"If it were up to me, in these trying times, the minimum wage [in Metro Manila] should be P1,000,” Senate President Tito Sotto, who is vying for the vice presidency, said in a recent interview during a campaign sortie in Tuguegarao. 

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MANILA, Philippines — Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III said he supports doubling the daily minimum wage of workers in Metro Manila to P1,000, echoing the call of labor group Trade Union Congress of the Philippines, to address rising fuel prices.

 

The minimum wage of private sector workers in the capital stands at P537 per day. The figure was last updated in 2018, according to the National Wage and Productivity Commission. 

 

"If it were up to me, in these trying times, the minimum wage [in Metro Manila] should be P1,000,” Sotto, who is vying for the vice presidency, said in a recent interview during a campaign sortie in Tuguegarao. 

 

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