MANILA, Philippines — Valenzuela Mayor Rex Gatchalian on Tuesday said he would meet the factory owner whose worker received wages in centavo coins to correct the “cruel and unusual” practice.
Gatchalian spoke with a representative from Next Green Factory on Monday to discuss the case of a factory worker whose two-day wage of P1,056 was paid in five and ten centavos.
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“I’ll face the owner himself with the concerned worker on Wednesday,” he said in a Facebook post. “Sending a company representative won’t cut it for me.”
“I’ll see to it that we get to the bottom of this ‘cruel and unusual’ labor practice and dea…
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