MANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN): The “community quarantine” in Metro Manila is beginning to take its toll on workers and businesses.
Luisa, a 28-year-old hotel employee, does not dread contracting the new coronavirus but fears not being able to work and earn, which have come to pass because of the 30-day quarantine in the metropolis.
Hontiveros appealed to the Duterte administration to make available 10,000 pesos in cash assistance to each of those who would lose their jobs because of the various government restrictions in enforcing the metrowide quarantine. “Out of its 11 employees, four of them were retrenched and placed on an on-call status, ” said TUCP spokesperson Alan Tanjusay.
Julius Cainglet, an FFW vice president, said daily paid workers, whether regular, probationary, contractual or agency-hired, would have no means to survive, let alone live decent lives. He and other bus operators are appealing to the Departments of Transportation and the Department of Finance for a moratorium on loan payments during this period.
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