SOME eight million workers are living below the poverty threshold brought about by imbalance between current daily minimum wage and rising cost of living, according to the biggest confederation of labor groups in the country.

The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines-Nagkaisa (TUCP-Nagkaisa), through spokesman Alan Tanjusay, on Sunday warned of serious social implications if the problem is not acted upon with dispatch.

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