Escolar Documentos
Profissional Documentos
Cultura Documentos
1956-1960 8.0%
1961-1970 7.3%
1971-1980 5.4%
1981-1990 10.2%
1991-2000 9.8%
2001-2009 11,2%
Source: Ibon Foundation, “Yearend 2009: Economic Shocks,
Political Ambitions and Challenges for the People in 2010”, January
14, 2010, p.14
A Social Weather Stations survey just last
October 2009 reported that one of every two
people or fifty-one percent considered
themselves as poor.
Two out of every five (or 40 percent) said that
they did not have sufficient food on their
tables (PDI Editorial, January 22, 2010).
Daily cost of living vs. minimum wage
[1] http://www.ops.gov.ph/records/ao_no103.htm
[2] The lower pay and reduced benefits of contractual workers in the university is exemplified by the case of the security
guards of Bolinao Security and Investigation Service Inc. as reported by the Philippine Collegian
http://collegiannews.multiply.com/journal/item/403/Mababang_sahod_katiwalian_ibinunyag_ng_ilang_guwardiya?utm_source=
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The power of the Labor Secretary to assume
jurisdiction (AJ) over a labor dispute was first
instituted by then President Marcos during
Martial Law.