Gutoc, Colmenares: Congress must pass national minimum wage

MANILA, Philippines --- Reestablishing a national minimum wage based on the actual cost of living in the country is a "right of workers" that the incoming 18th Congress should prioritize, opposition senatorial aspirants Samira Gutoc and Neri Colmenares asserted Monday.   Two days before Labor Day, Gutoc said: "Ang isang disente at nakakabuhay ng pamilya na national minimum wage ay karapatan ng bawat manggagawa."   "If the incoming 18th Congress succeeds in legislating a national minimum wage measure and a bill that scraps Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion Law's additional excise tax, then that is the only time that we can say we are listening to our work...

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