Granting a Cost of Living Allowance to Workers in the Private Sector

October 21, 1990WAGE ORDER NO. RO2-01GRANTING A COST OF LIVING ALLOWANCE TO WORKERS IN THE PRIVATE SECTORWHEREAS, a petition has been submitted by the Associated Labor Union-Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (ALU-TUCP) seeking the increase of the minimum wage by Thirty Eight Pesos (P38.00) in Region 02 which comprises the provinces of Batanes, Cagayan, Isabela, Nueva Vizcaya and Quirino for reasons of compensating for the huge purchasing power already lost since June 1989, for the rest of 1990 and for the projected price increases up to the middle of 1991;WHEREAS, in considering the said petition, the Regional Board has taken into account not only the existence of the grounds therein alleged but also the level of development of the region which varies from province to province and the abnormal condition of the region these days occasioned, among others, by the closure of the Dalton Pass in Nueva Vizcaya through which land transportation facilities normally and conveniently pass and the unreliability of the alternate routes. Shown to be most affected by these are the provinces...