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Less than a month before Labor Day, workers led by labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno picketed the Labor Department’s main office in Intramuros, Manila to condemn the agency’s opposition to proposals for a significant wage hike, claiming the agency has consistently favored capitalists over the country’s workers.

National labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno condemned Labor Department Sec. Rosalinda Baldoz’s praise for a minimum wage hike in Taiwan which will take effect this month as hypocritical, citing the labor secretary’s opposition to calls for a minimum wage hike in the country.

Labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno condemned the Labor Department today for saying that unemployed Filipinos are merely “choosy” about jobs, saying the agency is desperate in trying to dispel views that the government’s much-vaunted “economic growth” is not actually generating employment.

National labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno condemned the Labor Department’s propaganda offensive today, which include the publication of so-called ‘in-demand jobs’ and the showcasing of 84 job fairs, saying the agency is becoming desperate in trying to dispel views that the country is experiencing a “jobless growth.”

National labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno condemned the Labor Department’s propaganda offensive today, which include the publication of so-called ‘in-demand jobs’ and the showcasing of 84 job fairs, saying the agency is becoming desperate in trying to dispel views that the country is experiencing a “jobless growth.”