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04/08/2026

Sentro Secretary General Josua Mata said the TRO has left around 1.1 million minimum wage earners bearing the consequences of a legal challenge filed by just two employers.

“The problem is, itong 2 kumpanyang yun, in effect, na-hostage na nila ang lahat ng mga minimum wage earners sa NCR (National Capital Region),” said Mata.

They pointed out that Readycon, as a government contractor, has a legal mechanism to recover additional labor costs.

“Ayon sa batas, pagka ikaw ay nasa construction industry, yung anumang dagdag sahod ay pwede mong ipasa sa kliyente. Sinong kliyente niya? Gobyerno. Anong kinatatakot niya bakit hindi niya i-pass on?” said Mata.

A coalition of labor groups on Monday urged a Pasig City Regional Trial Court to immediately lift the temporary restraining order (TRO) halting the implementation of the P85 daily minimum wage increase in Metro Manila, arguing that the court has no jurisdiction over the dispute.

04/08/2026

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03/08/2026

In an urgent motion before Pasig Regional Trial Court Branch 152, the Federation of Free Workers, Sentro ng mga Nagkakaisa at Progresibong Manggagawa (SENTRO), Partido Manggagawa and other labor organizations sought leave to intervene and asked the court to lift the TRO and earlier status quo ante order against Wage Order No. NCR-27.

SEVERAL labor groups asked a Pasig court on Monday to let them intervene in the case challenging the P85 daily minimum wage increase for Metro Manila workers, arguing that the temporary restraining order (TRO) suspending its implementation directly deprives workers of wages already granted under the...

03/08/2026

Meanwhile, Sentro ng mga Nagkakaisa at Progresibong Manggagawa (Sentro) questioned the financial claims of a government contractor that had secured multimillion-peso infrastructure projects.

“This is an insult to every Filipino worker and taxpayer. Companies entrusted with public funds for infrastructure projects should not be using the courts to deny workers a P85 increase,” Sentro Secretary General Josua Mata said.

A PASIG City court’s suspension of the P85 minimum wage increase in Metro Manila has raised questions over whether trial courts may stop the implementation of wage orders despite restrictions on court intervention under the Labor Code. Pasig Regional Trial Court Branch 152 barred the Regional Trip...

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03/08/2026

May malaki umanong pananagutan ang hukom na naglabas ng temporary restraining order (TRO) para pansamantalang matigil ang P85 na wage hike para sa mga minimum wage earners.

Dahil dito, sinabi ng grupong Sentro ng mga Nagkakaisa at Progresibong Manggagawa (SENTRO) na inihahanda na nito ang kasong administratibo laban kay Judge Marie Joyce Manongsong.

Kung maaalala, sa ilalim ng labor code, bawal daw mag-issue ang isang Korte ng restraining order laban sa mga wage orders.

Sa panayam ng Brigada News FM Manila kay SENTRO Secretary General Joshua Mata, ang laki umano ng damage na nagawa nito sa higit isang milyong minimum wage earners.

'Nakakagigil' din umano ang tugon ni DOLE Sec. Francis Tolentino kaugnay sa naging desisyon ng korte kung saan sinabi niya na kumalma lamang publiko at respetuhin ang desisyon.

Sa katunayan, dapat aniya ay nasa Pasig RTC si Tolentino dahil trabaho niya na depensahan ang labor code at ang pinagmamalaki niya na katiting na wage increase.

Samantala, kinumpirma rin ni Mata na contractor umano ng pamahalaan ang dalawang kompanya na nagpetisyon para ipatigil ang wage hike.

Kung maaalala, ngayong araw ay lulusob ang nasabing labor group sa Pasig RTC Branch 152 magsumite ng motion for intervention para malift ang TRO sa wage hike.

03/08/2026

Labor groups and workers’ coalitions stage a protest outside the Pasig Regional Trial Court on Monday, Aug. 3, condemning the court’s temporary restraining order (TRO) suspending the implementation of the P85 minimum wage increase in Metro Manila.

The wage order, approved by the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board-National Capital Region (RTWPB-NCR), provides for an P85 increase in the daily minimum wage to be implemented in two tranches, but its implementation was put on hold pending further court proceedings.

📷: Santi San Juan | MB

03/08/2026

Workers and allied sectors stage a protest rally outside the Pasig City Regional Trial Court on Monday to condemn the suspension of the P85 wage increase.

Protesters also criticized the Department of Labor and Employment for defending the court’s temporary restraining order, which they said violated the Labor Code. (Photos by Michael Varcas/The Philippine STAR)

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