Labor group pushes higher wages, decent jobs amid labor market gains

MANILA, Philippines—Labor group Sentro ng mga Nagkakaisa at Progresibong Manggagawa (SENTRO) called for decent jobs and higher wages amid improvements in the country’s labor market in August. The August Labor Force Survey (LFS) showed the number of employed Filipinos rising from 49.21 million in July to 49.79 million in August, while unemployment declined from 6