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Govt. Employees Walk Out of Offices, Continue Clamor for Substantial Wage Hike

QUEZON CITY  - Government employees nationwide affiliated with the Confederation for Unity, Recognition and Advancement of Government Employees (COURAGE) today held a protest action in front of the House of Representatives in order to reiterate their demand for a substantial wage increase.

“Aquino has done absolutely nothing to improve the lot of the country’s 1.4 million government employees who are now living on the brink of poverty and destitution. Aquino’s EO 40 is tantamount to zero wage increase: it merely advanced the implementation of the third tranche of Salary Standardization Law 3 by a month, and even then local government units with “insufficient” funds are exempted from implementing the said increase. As we have said time and time again, SSL 3 is insufficient to cover the needs of government employees amidst the skyrocketing prices of basic commodities and services. Even with the full implementation of SSL 3 in 2012, the minimum pay will still only amount to P, 9,000/month, a far cry from the government’s own estimated Family Living Wage (FLW) pegged at P 29, 640 per month. The only ones benefitting from the early release of the third tranche of the SSL 3 are the top government officials who will get their enormous pay hikes a month earlier than scheduled,” COURAGE National President Ferdinand Gaite said.

“Our call for a P 6,000 increase to the minimum pay of all government employees and a P 125 across-the-board wage hike for workers in the private sector has been proven legitimate and necessary. We consider it a great insult that the government instead attempts to pacify us with palliatives and band-aid solutions—EO 40 for state workers and a paltry P22 ECOLA for private sector laborers. We are fed up with the Aquino administration’s deception: we demand a substantial wage increase! Galit na galit na ang mga kawani’t manggagawa! Tama na ang papogi at panloloko sa mamamayan! Makabuluhang dagdag-sahod, ngayon na!” Gaite added.

COURAGE is pushing for the passage of House Bill 3746 sponsored by ANAKPAWIS Representative Rafael Mariano which embodies their Php 6,000 demand and is supporting HB 375 which seeks to grant a Php 125 across-the-board increase for the private sector. The labor center vowed to continue in reiterating their demand for a substantial wage increase and to condemn the government’s complicity regarding the escalating costs of basic commodities, particularly the impending LRT/MRT fare hike. (CouragePhil)

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  1. AnonymousMay 19, 2011 2:23 PM

    bulag at bingi talaga ang gobyernong aquino sa panawagan ng mga kawani ng pamahalaan para sa dagdag sa sahod

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  2. AnonymousMay 19, 2011 2:28 PM

    inaanyayahan po ng COURAGE Laguna ang lahat ng kawani ng LGUs sa 3rd District ng Laguna na suportahan ang panawagan para sa dagdag ng P6,000 sa sahod ng mga kawani ng pamahalaan. Makipag-ugnayan lamang k Jonel Osio ng Sandigan-COURAGE, Sta. Cruz, Laguna 0923-718-2105

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