On Bonifacio Day, workers stand up for higher wages and right to organize

MANILA, Philippines — Workers' groups and their allies marked Bonifacio Day on Wednesday by calling for higher wages, job security and better working conditions and their right to organize unions to push for these.

Nagkaisa Labor Coalition, an alliance of labor groups that last protested together in 2020, said that not much has changed for workers since Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. became president and that there have been no major policy announcements for them.

"Inflation is rising, wages are shrinking and the kinds of jobs that are being created as we open up our economy leave much to be desired," Josua Mata, secretary general of trade alliance SENTRO, said in Filipino in a briefing on Tuesday. He said underemployment — part-time workers and those looking for additional work — has also been increasing, which contributes to a lack of job security for many workers.

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