In a rare moment of legislative unanimity, all twenty-one Philippine senators rallied behind a resolution demanding the removal of a court order blocking an eighty-five peso daily wage increase for over a million Metro Manila workers. The restraining order, critics argue, defies the Labor Code's explicit prohibition against judicial interference in wage board decisions — a legal foundation laid decades ago precisely to shield workers from such delays. The Senate's unified voice signals not merely concern for one wage hike, but a deeper insistence that administrative processes meant to protect
All 21 senators back resolution to lift TRO blocking P85 Metro Manila wage hike
The TRO delays wage benefits for over 1.1 million Metro Manila workers and their families who depend on the P85 daily increase.