05/09/2026
85-PESO WAGE HIKE NOW!
| Members of SPARK - Katipunan took the streets of Katipunan and Aurora Ave. stickering the call to implement the 85 peso wage increase in Metro Manila.
Workers have long lambasted the decision by the Pasig Regional Trial Court Branch 152 under Judge Joyce Manongsong to suspend the implementation of Wage Order 27 at the behest of Readycon Trading and R-II Builders.
Yet despite this judicial overreach in violation of the Labor Code, the Department of Labor and Employment under Francis Tolentino has refused to definitely stand on the side of workers. He has flipped and flopped but ultimately failed to defy the Court's unlawful order.
The State continues to show its true face to the working class. The ruling class of political and economic elite continue to flex their power, money, and strength to deprive workers of the value derived from their labor. This violence is an injustice that we must not let pass as the progressive youth and the future generation that will inherit society.
As students and members of the youth sector whose issues are similarly ignored by the elite seated in government, the fight of the working class is just as much our own. When capitalists, cronies, and the ruling class unite to block a beneficial wage increase for workers instead of opening their eyes to the flood of hardships and rising commodity prices plaguing the common Filipino, it becomes increasingly clear that the current order must change. In this radical fight for progress, we call for fair wages and solidarity with our workers.
We resolutely join the workers of Metro Manila and the Philippines in this struggle! Mabuhay ang uring manggagawa! 85 pesos wage increase, ipatupad!
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