The Kapatiran ng mga Unyon at Samahang Manggagawa (Kapatiran) finds it unfair seeing the salaries of soldiers and all uniformed service personnel increasing by 15% in the next three years, while workers in the private sector were left stretching a P500 noche-buena package this holiday season.
“While Kapatiran is not
against raising the salaries of our security personnel, leaving the private
sector workers stretching out their current low wages under the same economic
condition faced by soldiers’ families is simply unfair,” said Kapatiran Chair
Rey Almendras.
He added that “Hindi man
kayang gawing pantay ang sahod ng manggagawa sa sektor ng seguridad at sektor
ng ekonomiya, huwag namang happy ang sa government side kahit may problema sa
korapsyon, habang sad ang nasa private sector na ang kaunting wage hike ay
saglit lang kinakain ng implasyon.”
Kapatiran has been asking for
a wage increase for wage recovery of not less than P100 since 2024, both at the
regional wage board levels and in Congress for a legislated wage hike.
Private sector workers could
have been happier if alongside the Palace announcement of a pay hike for
soldiers is a Presidential certification to expedite passage of pending
legislated wage hike bills.
Inflation-adjusted wages were
19.7%-26.1% lower than the current minimum wage in November, according to the
latest computations prepared by Business World. In peso terms, the current
minimum wage of P695 in NCR has a real value of P546.71 only.
Multiplied by 22 days, a
private sector worker in NCR receives P15,290 of minimum wage in a month. On
the other hand, the basic salary for an entry level member of PNP is P29,668.
Yet both live under the same
economic conditions and share the same dreams of a joyful celebration of the
holiday season.
“Kaya naman naming pagkasyahin ang P500 na noche buena, pero ang mas sigurado kami ay DTI family lang ang happy sa diskarteng Pinoy sa larangan ng pagtitipid at pagtitiis,” Almendras concluded.
PRESS RELEASE
9 December 2025
KAPATIRAN
Kapatiran ng mga Unyon at Samahang Manggagawa
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