EIGHT wage hike petitions have been filed before the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Boards (RTWPBs)-National Capital Region (NCR), and now serve as the main propagators in the ongoing minimum wage review process in Metro Manila.
Based on the Notice posted by the NCR wage board, eight wage petitions were filed last May 22, all of them asking for a pay increase of P555.
“Please be informed that the following petitions for minimum wage adjustment were filed at RTWPB-NCR,” said the NCR wage board.
The petitioners are Vanson Paper Industrial Workers Union, Samahang Manggagawa sa Philippine Span Asia Carrier Corp (SM-PSACC), Samahang Manggagawa ng Jardine Schindler Elevator Corp (SMJSEC), and Himlayang Pilipino Inc Labor Union (HPILU-Indipendent).
Also filing wage petitions were Kaisahang Manggagawa ng Himmel (KMH-ADLO), Pambato Cargo Forwarder Labor Union, Nagkakaisang Samahan ng mga Manggagawa ng Regan (NSMR-ADLO), and Universal Robina Corporation Employees Union- Farm Division (URCEU-ANGLO-KMU).
The NCR wage board said the eight wage petitions shall be deliberated during the scheduled Public Hearing of the RTWPB-NCR on June 17 at the Occupational Safety and Health Center in Quezon City.
“Parties, who intend to participate in the aforementioned hearing, may coordinate with RTWPB-NCR and may also submit position papers from May 29, 2025 to June 13, 2025,” said the NCR wage board.
“Any party may file an opposition (to the wage petition) copy furnished the petitioners on or before June 13, 2025,” it added.
Earlier, the RTWPB-NCR bared that it has started the conduct of its review of the minimum wage rate in Metro Manila with its anniversary date forthcoming.
It was back on June 27, 2024 when the NCR wage board last issued a wage order for minimum wage earners, and it took effect last July 17, 2024.
