MANILA-Several cause-oriented organizations have expressed their demands ahead of the third State of the Nation Address (SONA) of Pres. Ferdinand Marcos Jr. this July 2024.
Labor group Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino (BMP), Asian Peoples’ Movement on Debt and Development (APMDD), Partido Lakas ng Masa (PLM), and other groups called for the implementation of a wealth tax and a 750-peso legislated wage increase during a workers’ forum and press conference at the University of the Philippines Integrated School in Quezon City on June 29.
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