In a press conference with the Broad Alliance for Wage Increase (BAWI), the Alliance of Progressive Labor (APL) castigated GMA and her rivals for paying lip service to workers’ demand for wage increase.
“To avoid confrontation with the employers, GMA conveniently passed the burden to the impotent Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Boards (RTWPBs) while at the same time called for its abolition,” Daniel L. Edralin, APL chairperson said.
“While we welcome GMA’s support for our demand to abolish the Wage Boards, we are aware that it amounts to nothing but lip service,” Edralin said. As early as three years ago, GMA expressed her opinion on this matter but never did anything to have it realized.
The abolition of the RTWPBs is long overdue. After all, it is an institution that has miserably failed to deliver its mandate. Instead of ensuring that “workers enjoy the fruits of their labor,” the RTWPBs have only succeeded in deepening worker’s exploitation as it cemented government’s cheap labor policy.
We are exasperated with politicians! GMA squandered three years of her stint in Malacañang without doing anything substantial to better the lot of the working class. Equally exasperating are her rivals who not only failed to support worker’s demand for wage increase but also failed reveal their plans for full employment.
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