Group Seeks Immediate Convening of NIR Regional Wage Board

Group Seeks Immediate Convening of NIR Regional Wage Board

By Dolly Yasa BACOLOD CITY — The secretary-general of the General Alliance of Workers Association (GAWA), Wennie Sancho, is appealing to President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. through Labor Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma for the immediate convening of the Regional Wage Board (RTWPB) in the Negros Island Region (NIR). GAWA is urging the immediate convening of the RTWPB in NIR, Sancho said. Despite the presence of various government agencies wit…

After Confebask's refusal to agree on his own minimum wage through an interprofessional agreement, the general coordinator of LAB, Garbi...

The LAB and ELA unions have asked the Lehendakari, Imanol Pradales, to take a firm stance with Confebask and force it to negotiate a separate Minimum Interprofessional Wage (SMI) for the Basque Country.

ELA and LAB have asked the President of the Basque Government, Imanol Pradales, to take a "bolder and clearer" stance in favor of their own minimum wage, and at the same time to support the HEL popular legislative initiative that the unions will promote. Pradales received Mitxel Lakuntza, the Secretary General of ELA, and Garbiñe Aranburu, the General Coordinator of LAB, at the President's Office. Mikel Iriondo, the Secretary General of the Gove…