TWO of the country's biggest labor federations criticized Labor Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma's position that salary increases should be left to the regional wage boards to decide to balance the interests of employers and workers better.

But while the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines and the Federation of Free Workers are pushing for a legislated pay hike, the FFW does not agree with TUCP's call for Laguesma's ouster as labor chief.

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