A few days before the Labor Day celebration on May 1, President Benigno S. Aquino III has already rejected the proposed salary increase for 1.6 million employees of the government.
Citing limited resources as main reason, Aquino explained to representatives of labor groups in Malacañang that another increase might affect the government’s financial standing.
He added that the government recently completed the final tranche of the pay hike for the state workers under the Salary Standardization Law III.
