Labor Center Kilusang Mayo Uno Negros slams the proposal of Quezon City Rep. Winston Castelo which pushed for the “Four-Day Work Week Act of 2011” at the House of Representatives, seeking to achieve a “work-life balance” for workers and to lessen workers’ spending for food and transportation.
Ronald Ian Evidente, spokesperson of KMU Negros says – the workers immediate need is not a cut in the number of days and hours of work instead they need wage increases that could cope on the daily needs of the workers and their families amid the rising cost of Oil and basic commodities, education, shelter and food.
The Four-Day Work Week will push workers on extended hours and will add physical stress rather that have them work for 8 hours and give them the substantial wage and benefits so that they may attain the said balance between work and life, Evidente said.
The workers want the eight-hour work and significant wages to be legislated so as to temporarily relieve the workers on the ever increasing prices of oil and commodities, Evidente concluded.#osb
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